The Trump family had originally planned to celebrate the holidays with a 16 day visit to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's ultra-high-end Florida club. But, like for the nearly one million federal employees working without pay or being furloughed, the partial government shutdown has necessitated a change of plans.

Melania and Barron had already left for Mar-a-Lago on Friday. After the Senate adjourned on Saturday afternoon without resolving the shutdown (caused by many senators' refusal to fund Trump's border wall), Trump tweeted that he had canceled his trip. This prompted some brief speculation that the couple would spend Christmas apart—until press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement to the contrary: "Due to the shutdown, President Trump will remain in Washington, D.C. and the First Lady will return from Florida so they can spend Christmas together."

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I will not be going to Florida because of the Shutdown - Staying in the White House! #MAGA — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018

This will be the first year in some time that the Trumps don't celebrate the holidays at the president's Florida club; Melania's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said on Friday that "it has long been the family's tradition to spend their Christmas holiday at Mar-a-Lago."

There is still a possibility that the whole Trump family could make it down to Mar-a-Lago for its annual New Year's party, which Donald Trump attended this past year.

Trump speaks to the press at Mar-a-Lago on Thanksgiving Day earlier this year. MANDEL NGAN Getty Images

Many have mocked the trips Trump has taken to his private Florida club during his presidency, and this holiday visit was no exception. "Maybe he thinks if the government shuts down, he can golf more comfortably," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said to reporters last Wednesday.

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