Christmas

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.

President Harry S. Truman poses for a new portrait after completing today's work in his White House office. He leaves tomorrow to spend Christmas at his home in Independence, Missouri. From: Houston Post.

Margaret Truman (center) sits with her cousins, David Wallace (left) and Marion Wallace (right) in front of a Christmas tree. Both Margaret and David are holding gifts. They are in the family residence of the White House, second floor, West Sitting Hall. (See 2016-1296)

Margaret Truman (center) sits with her cousins David Wallace (left) and Marion Wallace (right) in front of a Christmas tree. Both Margaret and David are holding gifts. They are in the family residence of the White House, second floor West Sitting Hall. (See 2016-1297)

President Harry S. Truman poses in front of a mobile chest x-ray unit which was parked outside his White House office today in connection with a 1952 Christmas Seal sale promotion. He earlier was given the first sheet of new Christmas Seals by officials of the District of Columbia Tuberculosis Association, which distributes them. From: Houston Post.

This is a photograph of Christmas decorations adorning an entrance to GUM (Glavny Universalny Magazin) Department store on Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Crowds of people can be seen coming in and out of the entrance. GUM was the state owned chain of department stores.

Crowds gather around a statue of Grandfather Frost, the Russian version of Santa Claus, on display at the base of the New Year's Tree in the GUM department store. Note on the back of the photograph reads: " Grandfather Frost (Santa Claud) in GUM."

This is a photograph taken inside the huge GUM (Glavny Universalny Magazin) department store in Moscow, Russia of the New Year's Tree. Shoppers can be seen lining the railing to view the tree.