Presidential History and White House Holiday Culture: Bill Clinton Christmas Card, 1997

White House Christmas Card

Ephemera

Clinton, Bill. White House Christmas Card, 1997, documents the ceremonial public culture of the presidency during the second Clinton administration. Issued as an official seasonal greeting, the card uses a winter nighttime view of the South Lawn to connect the White House with domestic ritual, architectural symbolism, and late twentieth-century presidential image-making.

Clinton, Bill. White House Christmas Card. Washington, D.C.: The White House, 1997. Printed card, unsigned. Color card measuring 7” x 6”. The image depicts the South Lawn at night in winter, presenting the executive residence through atmosphere, landscape, and seasonal illumination rather than portraiture or political messaging.

White House Christmas cards form part of the material culture of presidential communication, pairing private holiday exchange with official visual representations of national continuity. Minimal handling, excellent. Focused example of Clinton-era presidential ephemera centered on White House ceremony, seasonal display, and public memory.

Item #8795

Price: $85.00