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.
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.
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He supposedly decorated a tree on the White House lawn for a Christmas tree.
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.
Pierce had a tree in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
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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.
Pierce had a tree outside in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas in either 1853 or maybe 1856. He did not have a tree put up inside the White House. The first indoor White House Christmas tree was sometime around 1888.
President Obama does put Christmas trees in the White House. As a Christian, President Obama celebrates Christmas each year with First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia. Professional designers are brought into the White House to decorate it for Christmas and there are usually over a dozen Christmas trees with different themes. Check your TV listings since Mrs. Obama usually gives televised tours of the White House Christmas decorations. There is also a giant gingerbread "White House" that is displayed with the decorations each year.