(10 Apr 2025)
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Washington – 8 April 2025
1. White Houe Historical Association Christmas ornament box
2. Unboxing of WHHA Christmas ornament
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stewart McLaurin, The Associated Press:
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“Well, we’ve been fortunate enough to do these ornaments since 1981, and we have featured the presidents sequentially over time, but we’ve also paused along the way on several occasions, the year 2000 for the bicentennial of the White House, and that’s what we’ve done this year. In 2025, we’re recognizing the 150th anniversary of state dinners at the White House.”
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Washington – 24 April 2018
4. STILL of US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron toasting at state dinner
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Washington – 23 April 2018
5. STILL of table setting for Trump White House hosting France for state dinner
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Washington – 8 April 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stewart McLaurin, The Associated Press:
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“State dinners are an important part of the American diplomatic process. It’s an opportunity for our presidents to establish friendships with heads of state through the extension of hospitality. They’re not just fancy parties. They are very carefully curated events regarding the food, the seating, the flowers, everything about them. Nothing is left to chance.”
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Washington – 8 April 2025
7. Front of WHHA Christmas ornament
8. Back of WHHA Christmas ornament
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Washington – 3 March 1983
9. STILL of US President Ronald Reagan toasting Queen Elizabeth II at state dinner
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Washington – 4 October 1994
10. STILL of US President Bill Clinton toasting South African President Nelson Mandela at state dinner
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Washington – 8 April 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stewart McLaurin, The Associated Press:
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“There have been 16 services of state China in the course of White House history, and the first two that the White House Historical Association had the privilege of supporting, helping acquire on behalf of the American people– we’re privately funded. We don’t have any government money — and so we use non-taxpayer funding to acquire this for the White house, and the Reagan service and the Clinton service were the first two services that we had the privileged of acquiring for the White house.”
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Washington – 8 April 2025
12. Close of WHHA Christmas ornament box
13. Front of WHHA Christmas ornament
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Stewart McLaurin, The Associated Press:
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“This is a little piece of White house history that people can have and they can learn from every year when they unpack these ornaments with their family for their Christmas tree, they can go back through and look at each one, each family member probably has their favorite, and they can unpack not just an ornament, but a little story from White House history every Christmas.”
STORYLINE:
The White House Historical Association Christmas ornament for 2025 will honor the 150th anniversary of state dinners at the White House.
Traditionally, each year the ornament celebrates a president, but in some occasions, such as this year, there is reason to celebrate special events.
White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin says state dinners are an important part of the American diplomatic process.
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