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The official White House Christmas tree stands in the Blue Room at the White House during a press preview of the 2017 holiday decorations, Nov. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

On Christmas Eve at the White House, Franklin Roosevelt would read aloud Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to family and friends. Not everything has always gone according to plan.