Christmas

President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the front steps of their home at 219 N. Delaware sometime between December 23-28, 1949.

From left to right Major John Eisenhower; David, 7; Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower; President Dwight David Eisenhower, holding Susan, 3; Barbara (Mrs. John) Eisenhower who gave birth to Mary Jean last Wednesday; and Barbara Ann, 6. The newest grandchild remained at Walter Reed Hospital where she was born. This was the Eisenhower's first Christmas in the White House and they posed in front of the Christmas tree in the East Ballroom.

A silver aluminum tree is decorated for Christmas. A black cat is laying on the tree skirt with the gifts.

The Christmas tree in the parlor of the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. The tree was sent from Colorado.

President Harry S. Truman deplanes after he arrives in Kansas City, Missouri to spend Christmas Day with his family in Independence.

President Harry S. Truman leaves his home in Independence, Missouri to deliver belated Christmas gifts to his family in Grandview. Others in the background are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (center) with David and Marian Wallace, children of Fred and Christine Wallace, in front of a Christmas tree in the second floor West Sitting Hall family residence of the White House. From: Truman house.

Christmas dinner at the White House. Around the table from the left end: Fred Wallace, Madge Gates Wallace, Natalie Wallace, Marian Wallace, First Lady Bess Truman, David Wallace, Christine Wallace, Frank Wallace, George Wallace, Mary Jane Truman, President Harry S. Truman. The servants standing in the background are unidentified. This photo is from an original negative found in the Truman home. From: Truman home.

Cousins (L-R) David Wallace, Margaret Truman, and Marian Wallace poise for a photograph in front of the family Christmas Tree in the White House, in the family residence, second floor West Sitting Room.

The Truman family's Christmas tree with gifts below it, in the second floor residence of the White House, West Sitting Hall.