The White House has an official indoor Christmas tree called White House Christmas Tree or Blue Room Christmas Tree. The first official indoor Christmas tree was installed on 19th century.
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The traditional colors of Christmas in the US are red, green, white, and gold. Red represents the holly berries, green represents the Christmas tree and wreaths, white represents snow, and gold represents the joyous and celebratory spirit of the holiday season.
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Franklin Pierce had a tree on the White House lawn decorated for Christmas. Benjamin Harrison was the first to have a Christmas tree inside the White House.
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Benjamin Harrison was the first to bring a cut tree into the White House to decorate for Christmas.Franklin Pierce was the first president to have a Christmas tree while he was President. He had a tree on the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
The first president to celebrate Christmas around the first indoor White House Christmas tree was Benjamin Harrison.
The Blue Room is the location of the Christmas Tree.
I would not say that he started a tradition, but he had an outdoor tree decorated for Christmas on the White House lawn. It was about 20 years before anymore White House Christmas trees appeared.
The White House Christmas Tree is always donated to the nation's capitol.
He had a tree in White House lawn decorated for a Christmas Tree.