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A Look Back at the White House’s Most Spectacular Christmas Decorations

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    President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 1962

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    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt surrounded by his family, 1939

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    President Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Yuki, 1967

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    President Richard Nixon’s family’s pet dogs Pasha, Wicky, and King Timahoe, 1971

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    First Lady Betty Ford, 1974

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    First Lady Nancy Reagan and Mr. T, 1983

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    First Lady Rosalyn Carter, 1978

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    President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, 1981

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    First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1994

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    President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1995

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    First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1997

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    President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, 2002

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    First Lady Laura Bush, 2004

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    First Lady Laura Bush, 2006

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    White House holiday decorations, 2012

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    Sunny and Bo on the front yard of the White House gingerbread house, 2013

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    First Lady Michelle Obama, 2014

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    President Barack Obama, 2010

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    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 25: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by her nephews Austin and Aaron Robinson and her dogs Bo and Sunny, is presented with the official White House Christmas tree by Dave and Mary Vander Velden of Oconto, Wisconsin, at the North Portico of the White House November 25, 2016 in Washington, DC. The tree, a 19 feet tall Balsam fir, arrived at the White House on Friday and will be on display in the Blue Room during the holiday season. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: The White House Gingerbread House sits in the State Dining Room of the White House November 29, 2016 in Washington, DC. "The Gift of the Holidays" is the theme of this year's White House holiday decorations. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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    WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Holiday decorations are seen in the Green Room of the White House November 29, 2016 in Washington, DC.

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    Trump’s White House Holiday Decorations, 2017

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    Trump’s White House Holiday Decorations, 2017.

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    Trump’s White House Holiday Decorations, 2017.

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    Trump’s White House Holiday Decorations, 2017.