White House Christmases Through the Years
The Mini Page interviews the White House Historical Association chief historian about how Christmas and winter holidays were celebrated at the White House in the 1800s. Early celebrations were simple with greens and stockings, featuring notable parties for children hosted by Presidents Adams Johnson Roosevelt and others.
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White House
United States
Washington, D.C
John Adams
Calvin Coolidge
Supreme Court
William Bushong
The
USA
Albert J. Menendez
J. Patrick Lewis
Beth Zappitello
Squash Halves Baked With Syrup Sugar Butter and Cinnamon
A recipe fragment instructs scooping seeds and scoring the squash halves, seasoning inside, and baking cut side up in a dish. It calls for syrup sugar butter and cinnamon, yields about four servings, and warns skins may burn if not protected.
White House ornaments honor presidents since 1981
The White House Historical Association began annual Christmas ornaments to fund preservation and public education about presidents. The 2014 ornament features a two piece 1920s train with the locomotive and Harding’s rail car the Superb. Harding died in San Francisco after a Voyage of Understanding.
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White House
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Alaska
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
National Christmas Tree Traditions Across White House Eras
The article traces how first families linking pets and themes shaped White House Christmas displays from Taft’s first Blue Room tree to Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama. It notes the living Ellipse tree today, the Pageant of Peace, and wartime ceremonies with Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941.
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Laura Bush
Richard Nixon
Pat
Mrs. Kennedy
White House
William Howard Taft
Hoover
Jacqueline Kennedy
Michelle Obama
Coolidge
Ellipse
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
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Andrew Jackson
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Billy Horschel
Billy
Benjamin Harrison
President Abraham Lincoln
Our National
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Maria
Sasha
Sunny
Mrs. Clinton
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Pageant of Peace
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California
Betty Debnam
Lisa Tarry
Lucy Lien
Wendy Daley
Perry
Pete
Paula
Pierre
Patty
Penny
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