1999 XMAS PHOTO ALBUMS

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First Lady Unveils 1999 White House Xmas Theme:
Holiday Treasures
Monday, December 6, 1999

    On Monday, December 6, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled the 1999 White House holiday decorations and theme:  Holiday Treasures.  The following photos are © 1999 by SOCKS THE CAT FAN CLUB president Jay Jacob Wind:

• Gingerbread house in the North Portico
• The original painting for the official 1999 White House Xmas card (trick photo)
• Close-up of the original painting for 1999 White House Xmas card
• Santa Claus (Jim Shea) with the painting
• Santa Claus with SOCKS THE CAT FAN CLUB president Jay Jacob Wind
• Various holiday treasures on display
• The gaily decorated holiday table
• The gaily decorated holiday table - Another  View
• A chocolate mousse bedecked
• The east entryway bedecked
• The seal of the 1999 Holiday Treasures theme
• Photographs along the East Portico reflected wreaths in the windows
• A collection of past White House Xmas cards
• Xmas ornament model of the Lowell Observatory
• Violinist next to a bust of Abraham Lincoln
• Violinists in the North Portico
• The famous unfinished portrait of John Kennedy framed by lighted wreaths
• Xmas tree in the North Foyer
• Beautiful detailed sculpture of the Nativity
• Violinists in the East Room
• One of the Xmas trees in the East Room
• Sculpture of a snow-covered village above a fireplace mantelpiece
• The Official White House Xmas Tree, with ornaments from every state
• The Official Tree - another view
• Detail from the Official Tree - Ben Franklin
• Decorated mantelpiece in the Red Room
• Portrait of Abraham Lincoln - Theme of this year's official White House Xmas ornament
• Portrait of Abraham Lincoln - Close-up
• The Anchorage Children's Choir of Louisville KY
• The choir was led by an eight-year-old boy playing the recorder
• Mrs. Clinton stood with the choir as they sang
• Another view of Mrs.Clinton with the choir
• One more view of Mrs. Clinton with the choir
• Yes, one MORE view
• White House pastry chef Rolland Messier's famous gingerbread White House
• Detail:  Buddy and Socks, in marzipan, following the partridge to its pear tree
• Detail:  Buddy and Socks, again
• Detail:  The gingerbread White House

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First Lady Accepts Delivery
of 1999 Official White House Xmas Tree
Thursday, December 2, 1999

    On Thursday, December 2, 1999, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted delivery of the 1999 Official White House Xmas Tree.  The Official Tree, an 18-foot Noble Fir, was grown in Martin WA by the Hedlund Family of Elma WA and delivered by traditional horse and carriage to the South Lawn of the White House.  Singers from the BET Urban Nation Voices of Youth H.I.P.H.O.P. choir, conducted by Ricky Payton of Washington DC, sang traditional holiday carols, while Santa Claus, portrayed by Secret Service Agent Jim Shea, greeted guests.
        The following photos are © 1999 by SOCKS THE CAT FAN CLUB president Jay Jacob Wind:

• Santa Claus (Jim Shea)
• Santa Claus with SOCKS FAN CLUB President Jay Jacob Wind
• Santa Claus with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
• BET Urban Nation Voices of Youth H.I.P.H.O.P. choir
• The traditional horse-drawn carriage
• A colorful pinwheel in the White House Sculpture Garden
• Mrs. Clinton moves toward the tree, accompanied by the Hedlunds and the White House chief usher
• Mrs. Clinton thanks the Hedlund family (note treetop visible on right)
• Mrs. Clinton thanks Santa Claus
• Mrs. Clinton thanks the Voices of Youth Choir and Mr. Payton
• The Hedlund Family boards the carriage to deliver the tree
• Two beautiful horses, Molly and May, drew the wagon.  This was their first White House trip.  Until now, they served at Arlington National Cemetery
• Where's SOCKS?  He hid in the bushes, spooked by the horses.
• Another close-up of SOCKS
• Meanwhile, Buddy frolicked with a tennis ball on the North Lawn

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