Theodore Roosevelt declined to have a Christmas tree set up in the White House. I do not think he actually banned them. He was concerned with forest conservation and possibly objected to cutting down trees just to keep them inside for a few weeks.
Theodore Roosevelt did not have a Christmas tree in the White House. I do not think he actually banned them
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Theodore Roosevelt is the president that banned a live Christmas Tree in the White House for conservation reasons. However his children did sneak one into their room and defied their fathers wishes.
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The first president to celebrate Christmas around the first indoor White House Christmas tree was Benjamin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison was the first to bring a cut tree into the White House to decorate for Christmas.Franklin Pierce was the first president to have a Christmas tree while he was President. He had a tree on the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
It was President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, but it wasn't for religious reasons. President Roosevelt was very passionate about the environment and he worried about too many trees being cut down, so he wouldn't allow a Christmas tree at the White House.
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Theodore Roosevelt did not have a Christmas itree n the White House every year.Whether he was against having one or whether he just did not get around to having one put up is a subject for debate.banded?? tied a band around?Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees in the White House.
Pierce had a tree in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
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Theodore Roosevelt did not have a Christmas tree in the White House every year. Whether he was against having one or whether he just did not get around to having one put up is a subject for debate. It is verifiable that there was no Christmas tree in the White House in 1902, 1904, and 1922. The lack of a tree in 1902 was due to the fact that President Theodore Roosevelt had not ordered one by December 23. In 1922 First Lady Florence Harding's illness led to a more subdued Christmas celebration at the White House and no Christmas tree. For a history of Christmas Trees at the White House see related links
Franklin Pierce had a tree on the White House lawn decorated for Christmas. Benjamin Harrison was the first to have a Christmas tree inside the White House.