Presidential and political Christmas traditions have grown into iconic signs of the holiday season.
As the United States approaches its 250th year as an independent nation, Americans can look to the White House for a living record of how faith, family, and politics have endured through political change.
Here are some of the most iconic Christmas observances from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Early Presidential Christmas
Nineteenth-century White House Christmas celebrations were much quieter than today’s festivities.
Some of the early first families decorated with wreaths and boughs but were known to bring their family traditions to the presidential residence, and host similarly to how they would if not holding the office….