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    "ocrText": "Barack Obama Presidential Library\nMATURAL AND LITTERS SCRIPTA MANET RECORDS\nSystematic Scanning Cover Sheet\n1985\nPer Folder\nCollection:\nCalligraphy Office, White House\nSeries:\nGeneral Files\nContainer Number: Legal Hollinger\n71068\nFolder ID: 52547\nFolder Title: Printed Materials - Gather Around, Holidays at the\nWhite House 2013\nSystematic File Name: t068887811-052547-71068\nmass\nworking\nmum\nGather Around\nTha hank you for visiting the White House! We are delighted to\nwelcome you as we gather around and celebrate the stories and\ntraditions that bring us together at this special time of year.\nAs members of one American family, we are united in a story built\nover the course of two centuries. The holidays are a wonderful\nopportunity to recall our Nation's journey, to reflect on the\nblessings we enjoy and the trials we weather, and to remember\nthose who serve and sacrifice for our freedoms. It is a season when\neach of us can do our part to care for one another-whether by\nvolunteering, offering a kind word to a stranger, or opening our\nhearts to someone in need.\nMay you be inspired by your visit to the \"People's House,\" where\nyou will discover festive decorations and rich tales, and may we\nall carry the spirit of the season with us throughout the New Year.\nOur family wishes you and your loved ones the very best, and we\nhope your holidays are filled with joy and peace.\nmichelle Obama\nEAST VISITOR ENTRANCE\nEAST COLONNADE\nAND LANDING\nPeek out the floor-length\nThe outer walls of the White House's East Wing\nwindows and past the stained\nare decorated with lush garland and gleaming\nglass wreaths to the Jacqueline\ngold vines; flickering lanterns encourage guests\nKennedy Garden; there stands\nto gather inside the entry way of the \"People's\nanother Christmas tree wrapped in twinkling\nHouse.\" Overhead, chandeliers are covered in fresh\nlights perched atop a scarlet sleigh. A hand-\ngreenery and dangling ornaments, while the pillars\nmade ruby and jade archway, composed of\nare decorated with a red berry and gold-and-green\nsatin ribbon and chenille stems, leads to a room\nleaf design.\ndedicated to celebrating the joy of being a child during the\nThe first tree within the walls of the White House\nholiday season.\npays tribute to the men and women who serve in\nour Armed Forces. Decked in red, white, and blue\nEAST GARDEN ROOM\nornaments, it proudly sits on the East Landing of\nImagination runs wild in the East Garden Room, where\nthe East Wing. To honor our Gold Star Families,\nthe magic of the season transforms the ordinary into the\nwho have lost a loved one serving in the\nextraordinary. Books morph into stunning Christmas\nmilitary, ornaments in the shape of stars hang\ntrees, and their pages become unique works of art. On\nfrom the tree's branches. These small tokens of\nthe east wall of the room, black and white ribbons\nremembrance represent the brave service members\nintertwine to bring replicas of First Dogs\nwho made the ultimate sacrifice for our country\nBo and Sunny to life. If you watch closely,\nand serve as a constant reminder that our fallen\nyou might even catch the Portuguese\nheroes, and their families, will never be forgotten.\nWater Dogs wagging their tails!\nVERMEIL ROOM\nThe glow of gilded silver brightens the portraits of First Ladies\ngracing the walls of the Vermeil Room, and rings draped in\nA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens to his family every Christmas.\npink and cream satin give the room a wintry flair. A festive\nAnd today, First Lady Michelle Obama visits patients at the Children's\narrangement of purple roses and hydrangeas complements the\nNational Medical Center every year to read holiday favorites such as\ndécor, adding a touch of natural elegance to the space. Since\nT'was the Night Before Christmas.\nthe Nixon Administration, this area has been a sitting room. In\nages past, it served as a storeroom, dressing room, office, and\nEAST ROOM\nbilliard room.\nThe largest room on the State Floor, the East Room\nCHINA ROOM\npays tribute to the special role the arts play in our\nDangling crystal ornaments decorated with greenery and berries\ncountry's history. The arts both reflect the American\nspirit and help shape our national character, and the\nhang from the tree, and candles placed atop vermeil candlesticks shimmer on the\ndecorations throughout the East Room, many of\nmantelpiece. Though the tradition of commissioned White House China began\nwhich were made by volunteers, remind us of this\nin 1817, it was not until decades later that First Lady Caroline Harrison began\ncornerstone of American culture. Hand-made\ncataloguing and displaying the china services associated with previous First Families.\ncardboard houses decorate the four\nYears afterward, First Lady Edith Wilson established this room as the China Room.\ngrand trees spread throughout the room.\nBrightly colored finial ornaments and\nLIBRARY\npainted pinecones are nestled in the\nThe White House Library is home to 2,700\ntrees, while fresh green garlands line the\nbooks, and highlights the long-standing\nmantelpieces and door frames. Wreaths\nAmerican tradition of sharing\nhang over the mirrors reflecting the\nstories with family and friends.\nfamous paintings of President George\nReading holiday classics is a\nWashington and First Lady Martha Washington.\nritual that First Families, like\nOn the wall of the East Room sits the White House crèche. The crèche\nfamilies across our country, have\nhas been a part of the White House holiday décor since it was given\nenjoyed for generations. President\nby the Engelhard Family during the Johnson Administration in 1967.\nFranklin Delano Roosevelt, our country's\nOriginally from Naples, Italy, the Baroque-style set consists of 44\n32nd President, read\nterracotta and wood figures, some over 300 years old.\nGREEN ROOM\nFlower ornaments, sugared fruits, and lush foliage convey the\nbeauty of nature in the Green Room, accenting the oldest piece\nof architecture found inside the White House: a marble mantel\ninstalled in 1819. Originally placed in the State Dining Room, this\nmagnificent mantelpiece moved to the Green Room when President\nTheodore Roosevelt renovated the White House in 1902. Multiple\nadministrations have worked to ensure this room and its furnishings\nportray the Federal style reminiscent of our Nation's early days.\nTHE BLUE ROOM\nAt the heart of the White House lies the Blue Room. This oval room\nis home to the official White House Christmas Tree, and this year's\ntree, like many in years past, features decorations honoring our military\nfamilies. Children, living on bases across our country, created holiday\ngreeting cards made in the shape of their home state. These unique\ndecorations, along with round ornaments featuring the silhouettes of\neach state and territory, hang from the tree's majestic branches. Red,\nwhite, and blue ribbon trim the 18-foot-6-inch Douglas-fir from\nLehighton, Pennsylvania.\nThrough long deployments and frequent moves, our service members\nand their families remain our country's most resilient patriots, and, as\nthe decorations remind us, these brave Americans come from every\ncorner of the United States. As a Nation, we have an obligation to\nserve our military families as well as they serve our country. To send a\nmessage of thanks, share your family's story of service, or get involved in\nyour community, please visit:\nWWW.JOININGFORCES.GOV.\nTHE RED ROOM\nThe final parlor room on the\nState Floor is the Red Room.\nEmbroidered satin ribbons\ncascade down the two trees,\npainted nutcrackers accent side\ntables, and stained-glass wreaths\nSTATE DINING ROOM\nadorn windows overlooking\nthe South Lawn. During the\nGeorge P.A. Healy's iconic portrait of President Abraham Lincoln hangs in\nRoosevelt Administration, First\nthe State Dining Room, where timeless decorations like wreaths, ribbons, and\nLady Eleanor Roosevelt used the\nsnowflakes evoke memories of the first Christmases observed within these walls.\nroom to host the first of many\nIn 1800, President John Adams was the first leader to step inside the newly built\ngatherings for women reporters\nWhite House. Shortly after his arrival, President Adams penned a moving letter\nwho at that time were excluded\nto his wife, Abigail, who was still living in New England: \"I pray Heaven to\nfrom the President's press\nbestow the best of blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it.\nconferences.\nMay none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.\" Over 200 years\nFor many years, the Red\nlater, his inspired words form the centerpiece of the State Dining Room's mantel.\nRoom has been home to the\nDather\ntraditional White House\nArmand\nThe State Dining Room is also home to the famous gingerbread house. Over\nthe course of several weeks, members of the White House pastry team work\ncranberry tree. In keeping with\ndiligently to perfect every detail of the 300-pound, edible White House replica.\nthis custom, a vibrant crimson\nThis year, the gingerbread house rests on a custom-made hearth fashioned from\nand plum-colored flower and\nSpringerle Cookies. These sweet treats tell stories through images imprinted on\nfruit vase-made entirely of\ntheir dough by hand-carved, wooden molds. Framing the opening of the hearth\nsugar paste-contains a one-of-a-\nare sugar paste recreations of the tiles commissioned for President Franklin\nkind arrangement of scarlet and\nDelano Roosevelt's fireplace. The act of gathering around a fireplace reminds us of\nfuchsia flowers and cranberries.\nPresident Roosevelt's famous \"fireside chats,\" which lifted the spirits of Americans\nduring a time of great trial.\nENTRANCE HALL AND CROSS HALL\nDecorations that represent our Nation's heritage drape the North Entrance and Cross\nPINECONE CANDLE\nHall. Celebrating the holiday season with guests from across our country and around\nthe world has been a White House tradition since the 1800s.\nMATERIALS:\nOn January 1, 1863-one of the most historic days in our Nation's history-\n3 inch glass votive candle\nPresident Abraham Lincoln welcomed thousands of visitors to the White House for\npinecones (you can buy scented pinecones from your local crafts store,\na New Year's Day reception before he signed the Emancipation Proclamation. After\nor use a dry pinecone that you have found outdoors)\nshaking thousands of hands, he went upstairs to sign the momentous document.\nmasking tape\nFatigued from greeting so many guests, the President's right hand trembled as he\nhot glue/hot glue gun\nwent to sign. President Lincoln knew that a jittery signature would make it appear as\nglitter spray (optional)\nthough he hesitated in his decision. So he paused, waited for his hand to steady, then\nclippers and/or pliers\nslowly and firmly signed his name. One hundred and fifty years later, we gather in\nthese historic halls and remember the ongoing work of perfecting our Union.\nINSTRUCTIONS:\n1. Wrap the glass votive in masking tape to provide a protective layer.\n2. Using clippers and/or pliers, cut the pinecone scales from the pinecone,\nshe\ncreating enough material to cover the entire surface.\nUNITED\n3. Starting at the top of the votive, glue a row of pinecone scales around the\nperimeter.\n4. Continue gluing\nrows in an overlapping\nfish-scale motif until the\nentire votive has been\ncovered.\nOptional: Spray the\nfinished piece with glitter\nspray to add sparkle.\nCranberry Upside Down Cake\nA recipe from the White House Pastry Kitchen\nFor the bottom of the cake pan:\nCake:\n1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)\n1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup granulated sugar\n1/2 cup tightly packed dark brown sugar\n2 teaspoons baking soda\n3 tablespoons orange juice\n1 cup fresh cranberries\n1/4 teaspoon salt\n2 large eggs, separated\nIN APPRECI\n½ cup unsalted butter,\n1/2 cup milk\nThe White House is\n(1 stick)\nPre-heat oven to 350°.\nExecutive Residence\nS\nMelt butter and brown sugar together in a saucepan and pour into the bottom of a greased\nand the many volunte\n9\" cake pan with a parchment circle on the bottom. Add cranberries.\nthe country who gathe\nhelp prepare and deco\nIn a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.\nHouse this holiday sea\nIn the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter with half the sugar\nappreciate all of the ha\nuntil light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then beat in the orange juice.\nstudents from Sitar A\nAdd the egg yolks one by one, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of\nthe Duke Ellington\nthe bowl. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk.\nArts, both located i\nIn a clean bowl, beat the egg whites with the other half of the sugar until the whites hold\nD.C., who created the\na firm peak. With a large spatula gently fold the beaten egg whites into the cake batter in\nyear's holiday booklet.\ntwo additions.\nPour the batter into the cake pan containing the sugar and cranberry mixture.\nBake in preheated oven for 30 - 40 minutes, or until the top of the cake has browned,\nstarts to pull away from the sides of the pan, and a toothpick inserted in the center of the\ncake comes out clean.\nRemove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 15 minutes. Run a sharp\nknife around the edge of the pan and then flip the cake over onto your serving plate.\nMakes one 9-inch cake"
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