When the White House hired Santa’s most mischievous elf, Barneys New York creative director Simon Doonan, to oversee its Christmas decorations, it didn’t expect some mischief? A close inspection of the tree in the Blue Room has revealed covert notoriety among the balls, including ornaments featuring the faces of Chairman Mao and drag queen Hedda Lettuce. And who knows what lurks deeper in, on those hard-to-reach areas closer to the trunk. (via Big Government)