This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan "Susie" E. Morrison with the White House Gingerbread House was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. President Joseph R. Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden selected "Magic, Wonder, and Joy" as the 2023 holiday theme. The decor was inspired by children and how they embrace and revel in the holiday season. The 2023 White House Gingerbread House, on display in the State Dining Room, commemorated the 200th anniversary of the publication of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. The display featured a sugar cookie replica of the book and Santa’s sleigh soaring over the White House grounds.

This photograph of the East Landing was taken by David Wiegold on November 27, 2023 during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations. The East Landing is located in the East Wing of the White House and is among the first sights visitors encounter on a public tour of the White House. The surrounding windows provide views into the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, also known as the East Garden, and lead to the East Colonnade.

This bergère by Pierre-Antoine Bellangé of Paris is part of a 53-piece gilded beechwood suite ordered for the Oval Room (later called the Blue Room) by President James Monroe in 1817. A bergère is an armchair with upholstered and enclosed sides. The bergère is one of two made for the president and first lady. The bergère was photographed by Bruce White in the Blue Room of the White House.

This photograph of the Lincoln Bedroom, located on the Second Floor of the White House, was taken by Bruce White on October 30, 2021 during the Joseph R. Biden administration. Previously used as an office and Cabinet Room, the room became a bedroom in the family quarters during the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. Furnished during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the room features furniture, artwork, and refurbishing reminiscent of the 1860s. In 2005, the room underwent refurbishing under the direction of First Lady Laura Bush enhancing the historical accuracy of the Lincoln Bedroom. Featured objects in this view include a handwritten and signed copy of the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, and an engraving of Francis B. Carpenter’s 1864 painting, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

This scrolled-back armchair was created by A. H. Davenport in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. The armchair is one of six chairs ordered for the Green Room of the White House. The seats and backs were upholstered in tapestry fabric, making them the most expensive type of armchairs in the Green Room. The chairs were originally painted white but were later gilded in the 1930s.

This tall case clock by E. Howard Watch and Clock Company of Boston, Massachusetts was purchased for the White House in 1882 during the Chester A. Arthur administration. The clock was originally placed in the Cross Hall on the State Floor of the White House, where it remained until the 1930s when it was moved around to a number of rooms on the Ground Floor until 2003. President Arthur added a number of furnishings to the White House during his time office, though this clock was one of the few items to survive the 1902 White House renovation.

This gilded bronze and mirrored plateau or centerpiece was made by the Parisian firm Denière et Matelin circa 1817, during James Monroe's presidency. Elements of the plateau may have been based on designs by the famed French architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine, who completed many commissions for Napoleon. Visitors marveled over the elegant piece, shown here in the White House State Dining Room.

This black and white copy of Tricia Nixon's formal wedding portrait was created on June 25, 1971. Tricia Nixon, the daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, married Edward Cox in a Rose Garden ceremony on June 12, 1971. The original photograph was taken by Dick Winburn. In the portrait, Tricia Nixon is captured in the doorway separating the Cross Hall and, behind her, the Blue Room on the State Floor of the White House. An American flag is to the right and a flag with the Presidential Seal is on the left.

In this photograph by Yoichi R. Okamoto, designer Geoffrey Beene holds up the shoulder-length veil worn by Lynda Bird Johnson at her wedding on December 9, 1967. Beene was captured in the Center Hall on the Second Floor of the White House that day ahead of the wedding ceremony. Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, married Marine Corps Capt. Charles S. Robb in the East Room. The veil was made of silk illusion and attached to a coronet made of the same silk satin fabric and embroidery as her gown.

This photograph of the table settings for the State Dinner in held honor of Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave of Ireland and his wife, Vera Cosgrave, was taken on March 17, 1976, by Ricardo Thomas. The table settings include the Lyndon B. Johnson State Service, bronze sculptures, and John F. Kennedy glassware. In the background waiters and butlers from the White House staff make preparations.

This photograph of White House Chief Usher Robert B. Downing at the arrival of the 2022 Official White House Christmas tree was taken by Matthew D'Agostino on November 21, 2022 on the North Drive of the White House. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden welcomed the 18.5-foot Concolor Fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania alongside her grandson, Beau Biden, Jr. The tree was presented by Paul and Pam Shealer, the 2022 National Christmas Tree Association's (NCTA) champion growers, and cultivated at the Shealers' Evergreen Acres Tree Farm in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The tree was delivered by horse-drawn carriage and carefully escorted to the Blue Room, where it remained on display for the holiday season. Since 1966, the Christmas tree displayed in the Blue Room has been presented to the White House following a contest run by the National Christmas Tree Association.

This photograph of the Red Room decorated for the holidays was taken by Karl Schumacher on December 13, 1974 during the Gerald R. Ford administration. The decorations included a patchwork quilt on the table, tabletop topiaries with cranberries, and ivy on the mantel. First Lady Betty Ford selected handmade crafts as the theme for the holiday decor. The theme promoted Americana and provided inspiration for thrifty decorations, as many households limited their holiday budgets due to a poor economy.

This photograph of Christmas decorations in the State Dining Room was taken by Karl Schumacher on December 13, 1974. A patchwork quilt is on the table, with dolls of Mr. and Mrs. Clause and elves as a centerpiece. The fireplace mantel is decorated with candles and a garland of poinsettias and ivy. The walls, sconces, and chandelier are also decorated with garlands, alongside a topiary made from poinsettias in the corner of the room. First Lady Betty Ford selected handmade crafts as the theme for the holiday decor. The theme promoted Americana and provided inspiration for thrifty decorations, as many households limited their holiday budgets due to a poor economy.

This photograph taken by Karl Schumacher shows the view of the Grand Staircase from the Entrance Hall decorated for Christmas on December 13, 1974. The Grand Staircase was trimmed with garlands and bows. The light standards flanking the doorway are decorated with a garland and topped with foil angels and candles. First Lady Betty Ford selected handmade crafts as the theme for the holiday decor. The theme promoted Americana and provided inspiration for thrifty decorations, as many households limited their holiday budgets due to a poor economy.

This photograph of the Navy Mess was taken by Lawrence Jackson on June 25, 2009. Operated by the United States Navy, the Navy Mess is located near the Situation Room in the West Wing and serves as a cafeteria and restaurant for White House staff.

This photograph was taken at the "How to Discover America in Style" fashion show at the White House on February 29, 1968. The first fashion show to take place at the White House, it was presented by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and guests included an assembled group of the wives of the governors of the United States, fashion designers, and journalists. The fashion show took place in the State Dining Room along with a luncheon. Frankie Welch, one of the first designers to design “across the aisle,” creating gowns and scarves for Mrs. Johnson and first ladies Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter, was among the designers featured in the fashion show. Her "Discover America" scarf, seen here on the underside brim of a sunhat, was used throughout the show and was given as a thank you gift to attendees.

This photograph was taken at the "How to Discover America in Style" fashion show at the White House on February 29, 1968. The first fashion show to take place at the White House, it was presented by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and guests included an assembled group of the wives of the governors of the United States, fashion designers, and journalists. The fashion show took place in the State Dining Room along with a luncheon. Frankie Welch, one of the first designers to design “across the aisle,” creating gowns and scarves for Mrs. Johnson and first ladies Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter, was among the designers featured in the fashion show. Her "Discover America" scarf, seen here on on flagpoles held by the models, was used throughout the show and was given as a thank you gift to attendees.

This photograph of press secretary and staff director to First Lady Pat Nixon, Constance “Connie” Cornell Stuart, addressing members of the press was taken on June 12, 1971. That day, Tricia Nixon -- eldest daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon -- married Edward Cox at the White House in a Rose Garden ceremony followed by a reception in the East Room. Press members outnumbered the 400 wedding guests by approximately two to one, with the White House issuing around 700 press credentials. There was also a yellow and white striped tent at the tennis pavilion, which served as an outdoor press room.

This photograph of press secretary and staff director to First Lady Pat Nixon, Constance “Connie” Cornell Stuart, addressing members of the press was taken on June 12, 1971. That day, Tricia Nixon -- eldest daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon -- married Edward Cox at the White House in a Rose Garden ceremony followed by a reception in the East Room. Press members outnumbered the 400 wedding guests by approximately two to one, with the White House issuing around 700 press credentials. There was also a yellow and white striped tent at the tennis pavilion, which served as an outdoor press room.