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ohn Adams and his wife inaugurated the tradition of White House holiday parties for children. And their granddaughter holds the dubious distinction of being the first child
^fea Yuletide fight in the White House.
Four-year-old Suzanna had a fine new set of dishes, a favorite Christmas present. When a friend dropped one of the plates on the floor, she snatched her friend’s doll and before her horrified grandparents could stop her bit its nose off.
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Franklin Pierce introduced the Christmas tree to the presidential mansion in 1856 and entertained the Sunday School of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church around it.
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Rutherford B. Hayes had his children, Fanny and Scott, christened in the Blue Room during the Christmas season of 1877.
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