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FIRST NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING

White House Christmas Celebrations Through the Years: Photos - Business Insider

On December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge (center) pushed 
a button and lit up the
first national Christmas tree
to grace the
White House grounds.

Coolidge’s “inauguration” of the first outdoor national Christmas
tree initiated a tradition that has been repeated with every
administration.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan began another custom by
authorizing the first official White House ornament, copies of
which were made available for purchase.

The first National Christmas Tree goes up in front of the White House in 1923. Photo via Library ...

Calvin Coolidge lights the first National Christmas Tree,… – World History Facts

Calvin Coolidge, Us President 1923 Pictures | Getty Images
Calvin Coolidge 
(July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933)


30th
President of the United
States

In office
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929

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TIME TO PICK OUT THAT CHRISTMAS TREE

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POPULAR CHRISTMAS SONG RECORDED IN 1958

Brenda Lee - Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum    
    
    
    
    
 

NEW YORK (AP) — Her memories of recording “Rockin’
Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy.

She remembers the producer placing decorations around
the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm
Nashville day to create a holiday spirit. The musicians,
she recalls, nailed it in a couple of takes.

That’s about it. After all, Brenda Lee was 13 years old at
the time — and it was 66 years ago, in 1958.

  
   

  

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It's as fresh as the day I cut it”: Brenda Lee on “Rockin' Around the Christmas  Tree” | Salon.com
Brenda Lee ( Mae Tarpley) is 81 years young today.

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NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING

On December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge touched a button
and lights up the first national
Christmas tree to grace the White
House
grounds.

Not only was this the first White House “community” Christmas
tree, but it was the first to be decorated with electric lights—a
strand of 2,500 red, white and green bulbs.

The balsam fir came from Coolidge’s home state of Vermont and
stood 48 feet tall.
Several musical groups performed at the tree-
lighting ceremony.

1923: President Coolidge lights first national Christmas tree | Opinion - Conservative | Before ...
President Calvin Coolidge and his wife First Lady Grace.

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BUYING THAT PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE

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