Description
This enjoyable book illuminates the long-held traditions and rare occurances that have shaped Christmas at the White House over the course of its history. Albert Menendez poured through diaries, memoirs, letters, newspapers, and more to compile the stories chronicled here, which include a Christmas wedding and honeymoon for Woodrow Wilson, the first lighting of the National Christmas Tree by Calvin Coolidge, a surprise dinner for poor children hosted by Abraham Lincoln's son, and so much more.
Author: Albert J. Menendez
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 03/01/1983
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.38w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9780664222161
ISBN10: 0664222161
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Religion | Holidays | Christmas & Advent