Santa’s Helpers – Roll Call

Santa’s Helpers

By Roll Call Staff

Posted December 12, 2007 at 2:50pm

Then-first lady Betty Ford joins Santa Claus to lead a procession of Diplomatic Corps children during a White House Christmas party on Dec. 16, 1975. It was the second holiday season of Gerald Ford’s relatively short presidency. Clowns help usher the children from the sidelines.

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