Melania Trump uploads Christmas selfie as first family celebrates in Mar-a-Lago

The first lady uploads a picture with a Santa hat filter with the caption '#MerryChristmas'

President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump attend the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting held by the National Park Service at the White House Ellipse. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Melania Trump shared a Christmas selfie of herself as she celebrated with the first family at her husband's resort in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

Using a filter which placed a digital Santa hat on her her head, she captioned the picture with "Merry Christmas".

Ms Trump attended a Christmas Eve service with her husband at the Palm Beach church where they married.

The Trump family is spending the holiday at their Mar-a-Lago, which often referred to as the “Winter White House”.

Guests at the luxury resort had a wide array of food options for their Christmas Eve dinner, including turkey, beef tenderloin, cornbread, creamy kale, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy.

Local vegetable dishes were also served along with a seafood display including local fish and shellfish.

On Christmas Eve, the first lady wrote that she was “looking forward to helping kids track Santa today with @NoradSanta! Wishing everyone a very Merry #Christmas Eve!”.

Donald Trump however took to Twitter to repeat his claim he was responsible for the return of people wishing each other a Merry Christmas.

The US President has long railed against the phrase “happy holidays”, which he deems excessively politically correct, while seeking to perpetuate the idea US citizens have been barred from using the more traditional festive greeting.

But the leader’s insistence he had “led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase” prompted many to recount countless examples of his predecessor, Barack Obama, wishing Americans a Merry Christmas during his presidency.