Christmas Decorations in the East Colonnade, 1985

This photograph of the East Colonnade decorated for the holiday season was taken by Bill Fitz-Patrick on December 13, 1985. Wreaths adorned with green ribbons hang in front of windows that look out into the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, while hand-crafted teakwood candlesticks and potted white poinsettia plants line the corridor. The candlesticks were crafted by White House carpenters using what is believed to be part of the ten tons of teakwood gifted to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from the Burmese government. The candlesticks were a staple of the evening candlelight tours from their establishment during the Richard M. Nixon administration through the Bill Clinton administration. Also visible in this photograph at the end of the East Colonnade is a poinsettia "tree" in the East Garden Room, assembled from arranged potted flowers.