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I would not say that he started a tradition, but he had an outdoor tree decorated for Christmas on the White House lawn. It was about 20 years before anymore White House Christmas trees appeared.

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Pierce decorated a tree on the White House lawn for a Chistmas tree. He did not have an indoor tree.

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A Christmas Tree

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