In England many bookmakers have slashed the odds on a white Christmas to the shortest price for 20 years.
The official White House Christmas tree, which stands tall in the center of the Blue Room, honors the courageous service of the troops, veterans, and military families who serve our country with pride.
After over 28, 000 people petitioned the White House to give federal employees the day off on Christmas Eve, the White House responded with an executive order granting many of them just that.
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Not far from here, in the Blue Room, is the official White House Christmas Tree.
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In the Entrance Hall on the State Floor, crystal snowflakes hang from the ceiling above visitors as they walk toward the Blue Room, home to the official White House Christmas Tree, also decorated in honor of military families.
In the two decades since his humor took center stage, Ives is now a playwright who dives into failed plays or musicals and fixes them, whether they're a stage version of the Irving Berlin film "White Christmas, " a French farce about marital mayhem from the early 1900s, or a work by a 17th-century French dramatist.
The White House's review of the Christmas Day plot also found that there was sufficient information known to the U.S. government to determine that Abdulmutallab was likely working for al Qaeda and that the group was looking to expand its attacks beyond Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Let's face it, family arguments are a far more reliable bet than the chances of a white Christmas.
But the rest of the White House's Christmas plans are chugging along.
But Day is also an excellent reminder that Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and the lunatic who sang Christmas songs with Bing Crosby have all been coexisting in the same brain for decades.
The First Lady, Laura Bush invites Quest into the hallowed halls of the White House for a fascinating insight into Christmas at the presidential home.
"Is the announcement of our intent to withdraw from the ABM treaty a real action, or is it a White House Christmas present for the right wing who dislikes arms control under any circumstances, " said Biden.
The new plan also would also be in effect for the Christmas travel season, and White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said the Federal Aviation Administration was imposing a holiday moratorium on nonessential maintenance projects, allowing all FAA personnel and equipment to be focused on keeping flights on time.
Just before Christmas, the White House, emboldened by Republican gains in the Senate, said it would renominate 20 controversial judicial nominees.
Public Schools wrote a letter to the White House asking if they could put up a Christmas tree on the South Lawn.
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MRS. OBAMA: Around the entire White House we have 54 Christmas trees this year.
The last thing the government wants now is a white Christmas.
The star was at the White House in Washington DC earlier this week where she turned on the Christmas lights and met President Bill Clinton again.
In Leeds, Dean Stratton, manager of the White Rose Shopping Centre, told the BBC they were experiencing a very busy Christmas and Boxing Day.
The broad outlines of this bill are already known: the government published a White Paper just before Christmas, and a draft bill will be published shortly to allow time for public comment.
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The company now says red cans will be in the majority by Christmas and that there likely won't be any white cans on store shelves by the time February rolls around.
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There's a quintessential white Christmas in New England celebrated amid the cobblestone streets of historic Boston, where roasted lobster trumps Turkey on holiday menus.
Both girls had some trouble understanding his accent, and they were thrown off by his use of "ladybird" instead of "ladybug" when referring to the red-and-white sweater Gabby wants for Christmas.
The Boston snow indicator is a market theory that posits that a white Christmas in Boston will cause stock prices to climb.
About how many Christmas trees do you think that there are around the whole White House?
Little comets of white lights arcing over the city's narrow streets made Vienna feel more like Christmas than any sleigh-and-reindeer-infested lawn ever could.
But after the Christmas Day terror attempt, there were also all kinds of reviews here by the White House.
Since the Christmas Day incident, can you tell me were there any discussions that took place here at the White House which question whether or not Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab would be tried as an enemy combatant?
They were my band - I remember getting the LP for Christmas in the 60s and the front cover was them sitting in a big Rolls Royce with their infamous white suits on!!
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