A recent survey has highlighted which former US First Lady of the last ten years is considered to have the most appealing taste in White House Christmas decorations.

According to a poll conducted by the Daily Mail, nearly two-thirds of participants favored Melania Trump’s festive decor over Jill Biden’s, while an even larger majority preferred Trump’s style to that of Michelle Obama.

This survey, carried out by JL Partners on December 20th and 21st, involved 1,000 registered voters. It revealed that 61% of Americans favored Melania Trump’s 2025 White House Christmas decorations, compared to 39% who preferred Jill Biden’s 2024 decorations.

Respondents were presented with two anonymous photos, without any identifying names, and asked to select their favorite design.

The results showed a rare consensus among Republicans, independents, and Democrats, with even a majority of Democrats—54% to 46%—opting for Trump’s decor over Biden’s.

Melania also triumphed over Michelle Obama by an even larger margin of 67 percent to 33 percent for Obama’s 2016 decor. 

Democrats once again chose the Trump decorations over Obama’s by 62 percent to 38 percent.

Respondents were shown one photograph representing each first lady’s decor style.

Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations are seen in the East Room during an advance tour of the 2025 White House Christmas decorations on December 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. This photo was the second option presented to poll respondents

Brass-colored bells hang from the ceiling and sleigh bells line the archways of the East Colonnade during a media preview of the 2024 holiday decorations designed by Jill Biden at the White House on December 02, 2024 in Washington, DC. This photo was the first option presented to poll respondents

US First Lady Melania Trump walks through Christmas decorations in the East Wing as she tours holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 27, 2017

First Lady Jill Biden hosted a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event at the White House with local Marine Corps families on December 13th, 2024

This nameless head to head test of decorating styles showed how eliminating biases can garner results that differed from public perception of this year’s White House Christmas Decor. 

Fans of the home decor television channel HGTV threatened to boycott the network this year after it broadcast a one-hour behind-the-scenes special following over one hundred volunteers as they adorned the historic home with huge trees, lavish ornaments and dramatic garlands.

This year’s polling is similar to those from a poll conducted by the Daily Mail in 2017, when Trump bested Biden in decor style.

Fifty-four percent of respondents said they preferred Trump’s trinkets over those dreamed-up by Jill Biden in option one.

Republicans, perhaps attracted to all that red, liked them the most, with 57 percent of Republicans selecting Trump’s to 43 percent who said Biden’s.

But Melani even won a narrow majority of Democrats to say she did it better.

Daily Mail’s 2017 polling found that 51 percent of Democrats preferred Trump’s decor compared to 49 percent who chose Biden’s.

JL Partners’ poll  this year also revealed a number of fascinating results about how Americans view the holiday season and other Christmastime traditions. 

Americans’ favorite Christmas song this year was revealed to ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,’ chosen by 26 percent of overall respondents, making it a rare point of agreement across party lines as 29 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats both selected it as their top choice. 

The most irritating Christmas song was widely considered to be ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,’ disliked by 35 percent of respondents, with Republicans and Democrats united in their annoyance. 

In terms of traditions people are ready to leave behind, ugly Christmas sweaters led the way at 22 percent, followed by Elf on the Shelf at 15 percent and matching family pajamas at 14 percent.

Meanwhile, the long-running debate over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie leans toward ‘no,’ with 47 percent disagreeing compared to 37 percent agreeing. 

Men were evenly split on the issue, while women more decisively rejected the idea by a 50 percent to 30 percent margin.

The current president was seen overall as the worst politician to sit next to at the holiday table, although Republicans, predictably instead name Biden as their least desirable seatmate.

Republicans said they would most like to sit next to Trump at Christmas dinner, while Democrats preferred Barack Obama and Kamala Harris.