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dotes from First Family children, including John Coolidge, added a personal touch.
Season’s Greetings from the White House was first launched in 1996 and is now in its 8th edition. The 2018 book documents nearly a century of presidential Christmas cards, messages and gifts from Calvin Coolidge to Donald J. Trump. My extensive re- search enabled me to share the human side of Christmas at the White House and preserve an important, but often over-looked, part of presidential history.
Over the years, The Seeley Collection of Presidential Memora- bilia has been on display at the White House and ten presidential libraries and other numerous museums, where it has been viewed by more than 500,000 people.
Dr. Seeley continues his pursuit of Presidential Christmas memorabilia. His latest acquisition was a personal check, dated December 24, 1881, written to “Myself ” and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. Once a collector, always a collector; just may- be, there is something new under the sun that he has missed.
Editor’s note: Mary Seeley will be signing her book at Barnes & Noble, South Tampa, on December 7. If this edition of The Bul- letin reaches you after the signing, please visit www.whitehouse- holidays.com to order her book or other memorabilia. - DL
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