After her remarks, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invites children to join her on stage for a photo.
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Martha Stewart joins other designers and photographs the decorations.
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Clinton speaks to the gathered families.
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Like old times: The Truman Study at Blair House evokes the look of when Harry S. Truman and family lived there.
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The Jackson Conference Room at the State Department includes a tree made of old newspaper sprayed gold next to a portrait of Eliza Gist Blair.
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A Truman tree skirt lines a Christmas tree in Blair House's Truman Study.
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Vintage photos of Truman decorate the Christmas tree in Blair House's Truman Study.
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The Truman family lived in Blair House from about 1948 to 1952.
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Lights shine in the windows of a miniature Blair House, courtesy of Martha Stewart Living.
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Martha Stewart Living designed a tiny replica of Blair House with lights in the windows.
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Mother Earth did the design for the Jackson Dining Room, including the "Big Three" crops: corn, wheat and rice.
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Traditional Home magazine asked designer Barry Dixon to decorate the Lee Dining Room.
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A place setting in Blair House's Lee Dining Room.
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The Murphys (Seamus, mom Kathleen, Gillian and Meghan) inspect the work of Martha Stewart Living at Blair House.
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Martha Stewart Living's design team decided to match the colors of coral and pale green in the room by making a candy theme, including a gingerbread Blair House.
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For the Blair House Dining Room, Martha Stewart Living chose a candy theme, which included lollipops and a pink feather tree hung with ribbon candies.
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The Lee Drawing Room has a peacock atop the Christmas tree to go with the wallpaper.
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In the Lee Drawing Room, editors from Martha Stewart Living created ornaments based on the stylized birds on the 18th-century green Chinese wallpaper.
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