Christmas With the Presidents

Holiday Lessons for Today's Kids from America's Leaders

By (author) Mike Henry

Publication date:

27 November 2017

Length of book:

188 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475837827

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Everyone celebrates the Christmas holidays in their own way, and that includes the President of the United States. Some have enjoyed large gatherings, while others took part in a quiet, relaxing atmosphere. This book takes a look at each of the country's leaders approach to the year's biggest holiday season, and some of the traditions they started.

Preface

1. George Washington: Danger on the Delaware

2. John Adams: The First White House Christmas

3. Thomas Jefferson: Grandpa Played the Fiddle

4. James Madison: Dinner with Dolley

5. James Monroe: A Christmas Never Forgotten

6. John Quincy Adams: The President and the Christmas Eve Flower

7. Andrew Jackson: A Christmas for the Orphans

8. Martin Van Buren: A Dutch Christmas

9. John Tyler: Waiting for Julia

10. James K. Polk: The Christmas Wedding

11. Zachary Taylor: Christmas in Many Places

12. Millard Fillmore: Together Again

13. Franklin Pierce: The First Christmas Tree

14. James Buchanan: A Divided Christmas

15. Abraham Lincoln: The Soldiers and Christmas

16. Andrew Johnson: A Christmas Pardon

17. Ulysses S. Grant: An Official Holiday

18. Rutherford B. Hayes: Sharing Christmas Cheer

19. Chester Arthur: Nell's Helping Hands

20. Grover Cleveland: Holiday Changes

21. Benjamin Harrison: The President with the White Beard

22. William McKinley: Tough Times at Christmas

23. Theodore Roosevelt: Bah-Humbug !

24. William Howard Taft: Christmas Wishes Do Come True

25. Woodrow Wilson: Christmas Connections

26. Warren Harding: Helping Others at Christmas

27. Calvin Coolidge: Let's Light the Tree !

28. Herbert Hoover: The White House is on Fire...Again !

29. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The 12 Years of Christmas

30. Harry S. Truman: Christmas in Independence

31. Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Painting President

32. John F. Kennedy: The Christmas Theme

33. Lyndon B. Johnson: A Texas Sized Christmas

34. Richard Nixon: New Traditions

35. Gerald Ford: Christmas on the Slopes

36. Jimmy Carter: A Small Town Christmas

37. Ronald Reagan: The Meaning of Christmas

38. George H.W. Bush: A Cherry Picker for Christmas

39. Bill Clinton: Peace on Earth

40. George W. Bush: Remembrance and Goodwill

41. Barack Obama: The Christmas Letter

42. Donald J. Trump: The Gift of Giving

43. That Special Time of the Year

White House Christmas Themes

The History of the National Christmas Tree

44. Valley Forge and the Christmas of 1877

Did anything else in American History happen on Christmas?

Epilogue (William Henry Harrison and James Garfield)

It's A Fact - Extra!

Christmas Quotes from the Presidents

Answer Key for Today's Questions

Bibliography

About the Author