Evening star., 1935-12-24
Christmas
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House, where four generations of
RooSevelts have gathered for the
Christmas holidays, there was happy
hustle and confusion today, dupli-
Gated in thousands of American homes,
as final preparations were made for
an old-faShioned celebration tomor-
row.
Granddaughter Thrilled.
Piles of brightly wrapped packages
were stacked on chairs and tables in
the upper rooms, and the Presidents
grandchild, Sarah Roosevelt, was big
eyed with excitement over the pros
pect of bursting into the Presidents
room very soon after dawn tomorrow,
to find their stockings hung at their
grandfather's fireplace.
Roosevelt Christmas plans were
somewhat upset today because small
Curtis Dali. better known as "Buzzie,"
has a slight cold and can't come to
the White House in time for Christ
mas
His mother, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt
Boettiger. her husband, John Boettiger,
and "SiStie," who now is going by the
grown-up name of Eleanor on White
House lists, won't arrive until Friday
either.
But they'll all be at the White
House in time for the grandchildren's
Christmas party, December %, accord
ing to present plans.
With the exception of Elliott Roose-
welt and his wife and baby, who are
living in Texas, the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will have with them
during the holiday season all the
members of the immediate family, in
cluding Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt,
the Presidents 81-year-old mother,
and Mrs. James r. Roosevelt. widow
Of the Presidents only brother.
Mrs. Roosevelt faced busy day
today, beginning with participation in
the distribution of presents at the Fox
Theater at o'clock. At 2:30 pm. she
was to play a similar role at the Sal
vation Army headquarters, 606 E
street, and at $3.50 to assist the Pres
ident in receiving the employees of the
White House and members of the
White House police force, accompanied
by their wives and minor children.
For each of the adults President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will have a small gift
and for the children a toy of some
kind.
The Christmas celebration at the
White House actually started in the
forenoon today when the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt received in the Presi-
dents office the ITO members of the
executive staff and gave each a re-
membrance.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he expected to
do very little work today.
shortly after an informal family
dinner tonight, the members of the
Roosevelt household will assemble in
the Presidents study on the White
House second floor. There the Presi-
dent will follow Christmas eve Gus
tom adopted by him during the early
days of his married ife-reading aloud
Charles Dickens "a Christmas Carol"
Tomorrow night the Roosevelt family
will have shown in the White House
the British film version of "a Christ
mas Carol" entitled "Scrooge."
The members of the family will
open their presents Christmas morn
ing. The thousands of greeting cards
and presents from unknown admirers
from all parts of the country, which
have been flooding the White House,
will be opened by the President to-
morrow afternoon. Sometime tomor-
row the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will attend special Christmas services
Mt a church, the name and location of
which have not yet been made public.
Community Chest agencies will help
spread Christmas cheer among thou
sands of Washingtonians whose Christ
mas otherwise would be bleak. At a
Salvation Army Christmas party at
$50 o'clock this afternoon Mrs. Roose-
welt was to speak after an introduction
by Secretary Roper and give out the
first of more than 500 baskets.
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