White House Christmas themes means busy time for staff. Other first ladies have highlighted early Americana, handmade crafts, Victorian toys, needlepoint, children’s nursery rhymes and books ...

WHITE HOUSE SELECTS NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS TREE FARM TO PROVIDE 2024 TREE. After that, according to the White House Association, the president allowed the tradition to continue.

Complete with 83 Christmas trees, 9,810 feet of ribbon, over 28,125 ornaments, 2,200 doves, and over 165,075 holiday lights – dressing the White House for Christmas is no easy feat.

On Christmas Eve at the White House, Franklin Roosevelt would read aloud Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” to family and friends. Not everything has always gone according to plan.

Some White House reporters have been snubbed from President Biden’s press corps Christmas parties for the second year in a row. REUTERS “It’s basically turned into a pay-to-play system ...

Elaborate Christmas decorations, including a massive Christmas tree, have become a staple of White House end-of-year decor over the last 70 years.

On Monday, first lady Jill Biden revealed this year’s White House holiday decorations. Among them is the focal point of the Blue Room: the floor-to-ceiling Fraser fir Christmas tree. The ...

The White House halls have been decked for the holidays every year since John and Abigail Adams held the first Christmas party in 1800.

The biggest of [the White House Christmas trees] — the 18½ foot Douglas fir in the Blue Room — is decorated with recycled ornaments that Mrs. Obama's team dug out of the warehouse where old ...

From left: First Lady Laura Bush and President George W. Bush stand in front of the official White House Christmas tree during the holiday season in the Blue Room on Dec. 5, 2004.

In 1929, First Lady Hoover began the tradition of an official White House Christmas tree and from there it has only grown. Each First Lady handles the responsibility of the decorations and theme ...

On Christmas Eve at the White House, Franklin Roosevelt would read aloud Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to family and friends. Not everything has always gone according to plan.