Category — Jew with a View

Counting down the days to Christmas with a daily morning post containing a photograph of the White House Christmas decorations.  Have no clue why someone Jewish is doing this or how I got all these pictures — read the first post.

Tucked into corners, strewn across mantels, and placed atop tables are tiny details such as these pine cones and reindeer.

Counting down the days to Christmas with a daily morning post containing a photograph of the White House Christmas decorations.  Have no clue why someone Jewish is doing this or how I got all these pictures — read the first post.

Sparkles abound!

Counting down the days to Christmas with a daily morning post containing a photograph of the White House Christmas decorations.  Have no clue why someone Jewish is doing this or how I got all these pictures — read the first post.

The China Room usually displays the White House china collection but during Christmas, the room is set up to pay homage to the family dinner with a fully decorated table.

Counting down the days to Christmas with a daily morning post containing a photograph of the White House Christmas decorations.  Have no clue why someone Jewish is doing this or how I got all these pictures — read the first post.

This is my favourite room in the White House: the library.  I also love the back story to the space — in addition to holding books and being a meeting room, the First Ladies used this room to do laundry before they had washing machines.

You’ll notice on the table that there is a snow globe.  That is one of the White House Christmas craft projects, and you can get the instructions on how to make one yourself on their site.

Counting down the days to Christmas with a daily morning post containing a photograph of the White House Christmas decorations.  Have no clue why someone Jewish is doing this or how I got all these pictures — read the first post.

Every room has unique Christmas decorations. This is the Vermeil Room and the decorations all focus on the theme of giving, as symbolized by the vermeil silver collection always in this room.