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,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Saturday.
Melania departed for Mar-a-Lago Friday. She planned to spend the holiday with her son and the President at their Florida home, her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said.
"It has long been the family's tradition to spend their Christmas holiday at Mar-a-Lago," Grisham said.
The President had planned to spend 16 days at his Palm Beach resort, which he's styled as the "winter White House."