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Christmas in the White House Through Presidents
A retrospective look traces how Christmas was observed in the White House from Jefferson to Wilson, detailing family gatherings and official rituals. It recounts Mrs. Coolidge’s New England style dinner, Tad Lincoln’s charity meal, Archie Roosevelt’s secret tree, and banded carol serenades, with notes on early Puritan bans and evolving holiday customs.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Washington
Haliday
Executive Mansion
Stearnses
John Coolidge
Amherst
White House
Coolidge
John
New England
Portia
Charles I
New World
John Bradford
General Court of
Massachusetts
Christus
Cort
Alice Rogers Hager
Washington Star
Jefferson
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Dolly” Madigan
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Madison
Kentucky
Mary
John Quincy Adama
Adame
White
Donelson
Francis Preston Blair
Kris Shringle
Tylac
Mary Fairlin Tyler
Alice
Titania
Pierce
Star of
Presbyterian Church
Sunderland
Lincoln
Tad
Jorniy
Supreme Court of the Household
Patterson
Andy Stover
Andy Jackson, Jr
Jesse Grant
General Sherman
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelta
Santa
Mrs. Roosevelt
Archie
Quentin
Beneral
Quantin
Big Bill Tatt
Byron
Bosan
Wilson
Sinad