What the White House has looked like for Christmas over the years (23 Photos)

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Here’s an eye-opening snapshot of all the Christmas decor in the White House going all the way back to the 1800s. Who can’t get along when you see Christmas cheer like this everywhere you go?
Don’t answer that.

The White House halls have been lined with Christmas cheer for the holidays ever since John and Abigail Adams held the first White House Christmas party in 1800.

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The Cleveland Family tree in the second floor Oval Room of the White House.

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The first National Christmas Tree lighting in 1923.

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The 1929 National Christmas Tree.

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The tree in the East Room during the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936

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President Roosevelt with his grandchildren Franklin D. Roosevelt III (left) and John R. Boettiger (right) on December 24, 1939.

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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had a “Nutcracker Suite” theme featuring trimmings derived from the ballet by Tchaikovsky.

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Lyndon B. Johnson family poses in front of a Christmas tree in the Yellow Oval Room.

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President Johnson and the Blue Room Tree.

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First Lady Pat Nixon greets visitors to the White House, 1969

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Staff from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller folk art collection decorating the White House blue room Christmas tree, during the Gerald Ford era.

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President Jimmy Carter, First Lady Rosalynn Carter and their daughter Amy Carter in front of the 1977 Blue Room Christmas Tree at the White House.

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Ronald Reagan dressed up as Santa Claus for a Christmas Eve party in 1983.

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And who can forget Lady Nancy Reagan with Mr. T, I mean, Mr. Claus?

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President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush in front of the 1989 Blue Room Christmas Tree

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President Bush shows his grandson, Walker, the oval office Christmas tree.

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President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton posing next to the 1995 White House Christmas tree for their official Christmas portrait

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President George W. Bush Laura Bush watch a puppet show and sing Christmas Carols with dozens of school children attending the White House Children’s Christmas Program in the East Room, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004.

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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.

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A team of volunteers decorates the official White House Christmas Tree in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday Nov. 30, 2009.

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President Barack Obama walks through the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House

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First Lady Melania Trump examines the lighting decorations along the State Floor of the White House, Sunday evening, November 26, 2017, in Washington, D.C

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President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wave to the crowd as they arrive to the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse, Thursday, November 30, 2017, in Washington, D.C. This year the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony celebrates its 95th year

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