Decorating The White House For Christmas 2009
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The first Christmas tree was brought into the White House in 1889 during Benjamin Harrison's administration, but First Lady Lou Henry Hoover was the first to decorate an "official" Christmas tree in the Blue Room in 1929. Ever since, each of the first ladies have carried on the tradition. Here, a look at the White House Christmas decorations throughout the years.
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1934
Visitors watched the Christmas decorations go up in the East Room, while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had another tree erected on the second floor of the White House for his family.
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1935
In 1935, members of President Roosevelt's staff decorated the exterior with simple Christmas trees.
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1936
President Roosevelt posed with members of his family in front of the White House before leaving for a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.
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1938
FDR and his family are seen here on the South Lawn of the White House on Christmas Day before going to church services.
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1939
President Roosevelt posed with his family in front of the White House Christmas tree, which was decorated with long strands of tinsel.
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1940
The Roosevelts had many Christmas traditions, including lighting their tree with real candles and FDR himself reading Charles Dickens's Christmas Carol to his family, according to FDR's butler Alonzo Fields.
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1941
In the midst of World War II, Winston Churchill came to America to spend Christmas with the Roosevelts at the White House and discuss how to defeat Hitler.
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1956
President Dwight Eisenhower posed with his family during the holiday season in front of the White House.
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1957
The Eisenhowers held the record for the most Christmas trees in the White House — 26 — for years, a number which has been eclipsed many times in the last few decades.
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1958
Just before Christmas in 1958, President Eisenhower got his family together in front of the Christmas trees outside for a portrait.
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1960
President Eisenhower gathered his relatives together for a photo in front of a Christmas tree decorated with silver tinsel.
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1961
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy started the tradition of picking themes for the White House Christmas decorations each year. In 1961, she decorated the official tree with ornaments depicting characters from the "Nutcracker Suite" ballet.
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1962
On his last Christmas, President Kennedy posed for an informal family portrait with his wife, children, dogs, as well as his brother and sister-in-law and their family.
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1964
A banner that declared "Peace On Earth to Men of Goodwill" framed the south lawn during the Johnson administration.
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1965
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Wilson, and his wife Mary Wilson, visited the White House just before Christmas in 1965. Here, Lady Bird Johnson and her husband show them the White House Christmas tree, which was decorated with popcorn strands and an eclectic mix of ornaments.
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1967
Lady Bird decorated the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room with a colorful mix of ornaments and popcorn strands, as was popular in the late 60s.
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1969
Even the dogs got their own Christmas tree during the Nixon administration. Pasha, Tricia Nixon's Yorkshire terrier, posed in the White House library with Vicki, Julie Eisenhower's miniature poodle, and King Timahoe, President Nixon's Irish setter.
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1970
First Lady Pat Nixon decorated the White House Christmas tree in 1970 with tinsel and glass ornaments.
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1971
President Nixon posed for a family portrait in front of a tinsel-decorated Christmas tree in the Blue Room with his wife, two daughters, and their husbands.
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1972
Pat decorated the Cross Hall of the White House in 1972 with holly and artificial Christmas trees.
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1974
Shortly after becoming the First Lady of the United States, Betty Ford took charge of the White House Christmas decorations in 1974. In 1974, she decorated the main tree in the Blue Room with large ribbons and a mix of traditional ornaments.
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1975
She went for a homey look in 1975 when she decorated the Christmas tree in the White House with strands of popcorn, wooden ornaments and paper chains.
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1976
Betty showed the press two dove ornaments before hanging them on the White House Christmas tree in the Blue Room in 1976.
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1977
Rosalynn Carter decorated the Blue Room's Christmas tree with a colorful array of ornaments and white twinkling lights.
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1978
For her second Christmas in the White House, Rosalynn decorated a 20-foot Christmas tree with gold ornaments and surrounded the bottom with antique toys and a miniature house.
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1981
For their first White House Christmas, President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, posed for a photo in the living quarters of the executive mansion in front of a tree decorated with strands of popcorn, tinsel and a mix of ornaments.
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1982
Nancy decorated the main Christmas tree in the White House in the Blue Room with white lights, gold ornaments and host of angels.
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1983
In 1983, Mr. T, from the TV show T he A-Team, dressed as Santa to help Nancy unveil the White House Christmas decorations.
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1985
For her "old-fashioned turn-of-the-century Christmas" decor theme in 1985, Nancy had Larry Hagman, from the TV show Dallas, dress up as Santa for the press tour of the White House.
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1987
President Reagan and Nancy posed for an official portrait in front of the 18.5-foot Fraser fir that came from Eric and Gloria Sundback's farm in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The Sundbacks wouldn't provide another official White House Christmas tree until 2009, when a Douglas fir from their farm was picked as the Obama's tree.
Decorating The White House For Christmas 2009
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