First
Lady Barbara Bush chose a theme of ‘family literacy’
for the Blue Room tree of 1989. She had the Executive
Residence staff create 80 soft-sculpture characters from
literature. Tiny books completed the motif. In 1990, Mrs.
Bush revisited ‘The Nutcracker’ with little
porcelain dancers. White House florists dressed the figurines,
and a castle from the Land of Sweets was constructed by
White House craftspeople. The Saintly Stitchers of St.
Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, joined
with the staff on the ‘needle work’ tree of
1991. They created a needlepoint village and 92 needlepoint
figures for a wooden Noah’s Ark built by staff carpenters.
For the 1992 tree theme of ‘Gift-Givers,’ White
House florists fashioned 88 different ‘gift-giving’
characters.
First
Lady Barbara Bush chose a theme of ‘family literacy’
for the Blue Room tree of 1989. She had the Executive
Residence staff create 80 soft-sculpture characters from
literature. Tiny books completed the motif. In 1990, Mrs.
Bush revisited ‘The Nutcracker’ with little
porcelain dancers. White House florists dressed the figurines,
and a castle from the Land of Sweets was constructed by
White House craftspeople. The Saintly Stitchers of St.
Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, joined
with the staff on the ‘needle work’ tree of
1991. They created a needlepoint village and 92 needlepoint
figures for a wooden Noah’s Ark built by staff carpenters.
For the 1992 tree theme of ‘Gift-Givers,’ White
House florists fashioned 88 different ‘gift-giving’
characters.