White House Christmas Vignettes

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White House Christmas Vignettes
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1984, first lady Barbara Bush, assisted by Joseph Riley, president of the Christmas Pageant of Peace committee, places the top ornament on the national Christmas tree on the Ellipse near the White House. In 1991, a needlepoint club of White House staff and volunteers made 1,370 needlepoint Christmas ornaments, some of which had a resemblance to the first lady. One six-inch angel was wearing a three-stranded pearl necklace and Mrs. Bush joked to reporters, "There are a lot of white-haired, fat, pearled ones." (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)