Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
COOL|DGES PLAN
SIMPLE YULET|DE
White House Family Will In
duIge in Typical American
Observance.

There prevails about the White
House today the true American
Christmas spirit and atmosphere and
tomorrow the day will be observed
by the President and his family in
their customary simple and quiet
fashion.
Green wreaths with broad red rib
bons have been hung at the in
Vulnerable windows of the mansion
itself and the executive office. Other
greens suggestive of the Yuletide
have been attractively placed about
the rooms of the old mansion and
in the library on the second floor a
handsome spruce, sent TO the White
House from some one in Wisconsin.
has been erected and will be trimmed
tonight by Mrs. Coolidge with the as
sistance of John, the Coolidge boy,
who Is home from Amherst College
for the holidays.
Mrs. Coolidge Busy.
Mrs. Coolidge put aside most ev.
erything else during the past few
days SO as to give as much time
as possible TO making ready for
Christmas. She has been busy shop
ping, buying presents to be sent in
her own and the Presidents name, ar
ranging the seasons decorations
throughout the big house and receiv
ing the many gifts that have come to
her and the President, many of them
from admirers in all parts of the
country. These latter, with those the
Coolidge family will give to each
other. she will arrange in neat piles
in the library tonight for distribution
tomorrow morning.
Although the Coolidge idea of
Christmas observance is for SIM
plicity, this New England family has
the true spirit, and in their quiet,
informal manner will celebrate it.
Their observance will be just about
the same as that of many thousands
of other American households.
There will be little if any altera-
ton in their customary daily sched-
ule. The meals will be at the same
hour. The household will arise at
the customary hour. There will follow
the exchange of Merry Christina"
greetings. Then will follow the fam
lily gathering in the library. where
he gifts will be opened. They will
then attend special services at the
First Congregational Church.
Christmas Feast at PM.
No program has been arranged for
the remainder of the day. 1t is very
probable that the President will follow
his usual custom of going to the exec
utive Office to work for several hours.
The Christmas feast will be at Z
o'clock, the feature of which will be
turkey, with all the other appropriate
dishes.
Although the Coolidges believe in
celebrating Christmas In an unassum-
ing fashion, they have done much
since being in the White House to
promote the old English Yuletide Gus
tom of carol singing on Christmas eve.
Again this year carols will be sung
tonight at the front portico of the
White House. These will be sung by
the choir of 60 voices and the quartet
from the First Congregational Church.
The public is invited to join in. The
music will be furnished by the brass
quartet of the Marine Band.
No Formal Guests.
There will be no house guests at
the White House. but ii is under
stood that q number of close friends
will drop in" during the day to ex-
change greetings.
The President made no engage
ments today He devoted the major
portion OF his time to studying the
several very important matters, in
Guiding the invitation to the League
Of Nations preliminary arms limita
ton conference, which are before
him.
Christmas cards have been arriving
at the White House in great numbers
for the past week. There has been
no official count yet, but the mail
clerk at the White House said today
that he expected last years record
Of more than 1900 to be broken.