The Official White House Christmas Ornament: Collected Stories of a Holiday Tradition

Marcia M. Anderson

Kristen Hunter Mason

White House Historical Association

<p>The new wayside exhibits in Lafayette Park pictured on our front cover guide those who stop to read them to find their way to a deeper understanding of the place where they stand and the White House they will see as they look up. This issue of White House History Quarterly, celebrates the act of wayfinding by bringing together diverse accounts from history’s scholars, witnesses, participants, and descendants. They have preserved memories, letters, objects, and fine art; given and granted interviews; created and appreciated historic collections; and visited archives and attics, all with the same objective: to share and preserve chapters in White House history, enabling us to discover the pages that might otherwise have been forgotten. Like the waysides in Lafayette Park, these articles succeed in enriching and expanding the whole of White House history.</p>

Waysides, White House History Quarterly #63

Barbara Perry

Leonard Marcus

Matthew Costello

Betty C. Monkman

Peter Penczer

Eleanor Lund Zartman

Constance Carter

Courtney Speckmann

Lisa Krohn

Annette Dunlap

Alfred Reaves IV

<p>Issued annually by the White House Historical Association, Official White House Christmas Ornaments are hung on millions of Christmas trees each December. But the ornament program did not begin as a series. When the Angel Gabriel ornament was issued by the Association in 1981, it was an immediate success and the phenomenon began. Today the ornaments are a popular collector’s item and a long-standing and beloved tradition. This book includes the collected stories behind the design of each of the forty-one ornaments issued from 1981 to 2021. The forty-first ornament, made for 2021, honors President Lyndon B. Johnson.</p>

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