Evening star., 1936-12-20
White House
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Christmas eve. and IL will be to that
room that the youngsters hurry
Christmas morning.
Gifts for Office Force.
During the forenoon on the day be-
fore Christmas. the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt will receive the White
House ONCE force and will present
each with q gift. Also during the
forenoon. Mrs. Roosevelt will partici-
pate in the distribution Of Christmas
packages at the headquarters Of the
Salvation Army and the Central
Union Mission.
Early in the afternoon the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will receive
members of their household staff
and the White House police force, in
cluding their families, in the east
room, when q remembrance Of some
kind will be given to each.
At 5 pm. Christmas eve, the Pres
ident and Mrs Roosevelt will go to
Lafayette Park. in front of the White
House, to participate in the exercises
under the auspices of the Community
Center OF Washington.
After the family dinner Christmas
eve. the family, with the exception
of the small children, will assemble
in the living room on the second
floor, where the President, as has
been his custom for years, will read
aloud Dickens Christmas Carol.
On Christmas morning the Pred-
dent and the members of the family
will attend special Christmas religious
services of an interdenominationa ma
ture at the Church of the Covenant.
Christmas dinner will be at pm. It
is expected that some close relatives
and very intimate friends will be In.
Vted for this meal.
Wreaths at Windows.
Besides the lighted Christmas trees
on the front portico and the lighted
large Christmas wreath above the
main doorway, wreaths are being
placed at the windows of the White
House and the executive ONCE. In
the main lobby of the White House
and the Railways leading from it,
small spruce trees are being put In
place of the customary palms. From
the huge light in the main lobby q
sprig OF mistletoe Is being hung.
In the east room, q large Christ
mas tree, with decorations, will be
placed. for the view of the general
public. but the Roosevelt family
Christmas tree will be In the main
hallway on the second floor of the
house. The trimming of this tree
will be supervised personally by Mrs.
Roosevelt. 1t will be illuminated in
the old-fashioned way with wax can
dies and refiectors. because the Pres
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt have a SEN
timental dislike for electric illumina-
tion on a Christmas tree. However.
to avoid the dangers of fire, the tree
will be chemically treated 50 as to be
made fireproof.
Gifts for the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and other members of the
family are arriving daily. The num-
ber of gifts is increasing as Christ
mas day draws near. Because of the
great number 1t has been necessary
to assign several clerks to do nothing
else but keep track of these presents.
Most OF the gifts are small and in
expensive, many of them homemade
articles; many come from far away
and from obscure admirers of the
Roosevelts.
Other remembrances come from
personal friends None of these will
be opened until Christmas day. These
presents include foodstuffs, a deer.
several turkeys, a score of pheasants,
number of ducks and partridges.
In addition, hundreds of Christmas
and New Year greeting cards are be-
ing received daily.
On December %, from 4 to 6 in
the afternoon, there will be q chill
dren's party in honor of Eleanor Dali,
and on December %, there will be an
other children's party for Curtis Dali.
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