Christmas in the White House

By Albert J. Menendez

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664222161
• ISBN13: 9780664222161
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 9.1"