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Christmas at the White House under Taft presidency
The Taft White House hosts a large family Christmas with returning children from Yale Bryn Mawr and Connecticut, a favorite uncle, Mrs Taft’s sister, and the Filipino valet Monica Lopes Lare. Gifts arrive via an official system and a long-standing annual turkey from Henry Vose, while the dining room features Roosevelt era colonial china.
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White House
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
Robert
Yale
Mists Nelen
Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr
Charlie
Connecticut
Executive Mansion
Moore
Murray Bay
St. Lawrence River
Monica Lopes Lare
Mr. Taft
Quentin Roosevelt
Archie Uged