Theodore Roosevelt loved Christmas, but the Roosevelt family never had a Christmas tree. If you believe the stories, it's because TR, an avid conservationist, had banned them—and that ban is supposedly what led his son, Archie, to sneak a tree into the White House, a stunt that reportedly earned him a stern lecture.
That's what the stories say, but what actually happened? In this episode, we'll reveal the fact, and fiction, behind this pervasive Theodore Roosevelt Christmas tale.
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12/22/19 • 15 min
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - TR Vs. Christmas Trees
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History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and Mental Flaws. It's six am on Christmas morning and Theodore Roosevelt's children, Alice, Ted Kermit, Ethel, Archie and Quentin are pounding at the President's bedroom door. As per tradition. Their stockings, which Tier notes are all bulging out with queer angles and rotundities, are hanging above the fireplace in their parents room. Theater and his wife Edith get up, remove the stockings, light
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