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.
Franklin Pierce had a tree in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas for the Sunday School at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. That was the first White House Christmas tree.
President Benjamin Harrison was the first President to introduce the Christmas tree inside the official residence, which was done in 1889.
Probably President Benjamin Harrison in 1889. As for the "official" outdoor Christmas tree, that custom is a bit more recent, going back to President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace in 1923.
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President Benjamin Harrison was the first to put up a Christmas tree in the White House. It was put up Christmas 1889.
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Franklin Pierce
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.
Franklin Pierce had the first Christmas tree put up in the White House.
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.
President Benjamin Harrison was the first president to introduce the Christmas tree to the offical residence, which was done in 1889.
Franklin Pearce
The exact facts surrounding the first President to start the White House Christmas tree tradition are disputed. Some sources say it was President Franklin Pierce in either 1853 or 1856. Some sources say it was President Benjamin Harrison in 1888, 1889 or 1891. Since 1961 the theme of the decorations on the Christmas tree has been decided by the First Lady of the United States.
Benjamin Harrison had the first Christmas tree with electric lighting and may have had the first indoor Xmas tree. He was the president when electric lights were put in , in 1891,
In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge gave permission for the first Christmas tree on the White House lawn. The decorations used for this first Christmas tree were nearly 2500 electric bulbs in the colors, of red, white, and green.
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The White House's Christmas Tree has become nearly a national event, as the country looks to it for the spirit of the season. It was first brought into the White House by Benjamin Harrison.
Franklin Pierce, 14th US President, decorated a tree outside on the White House lawn in 1853 for a group of Washington Sunday School children, while caroler's sang "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing." There is some question about the historical accuracy of the Pierce Christmas tree account.Benjamin Harrison is the president credited with having the first Christmas tree inside the White House. The year that a Christmas tree was first used is believed to be 1889 . The tree was lit with candles.In 1895, Grover Cleveland became the first President to use electric lights on a White House Christmas Tree.In 1835 Andrew Jackson's French chef make him a sugar-frosted pine tree, surrounded with toy animals made out of flavored ices.