Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe

The day after Christmas Granny, Atley, and I went to the Kennedy Center to watch a performance of "Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe." It is a true story written by Teddy's daughter Ethel set in 1905 at the White House. This year Ethel's dad decided to set a good example to the country by not having a Christmas tree. Apparently, he was afraid that if everyone cut down a tree every Christmas we would run out of trees rather quickly. But, Ethel's older brother Kermit sneaks one into the White House. At first they try to hide the tree from their father than the little brother Archie suggests that they should haunt him like in a Christmas Carol to convince him to allow a tree. Of course the President knew that his children were responsible for the ghosts all around the White House but he plays their game and they get to keep their tree. Atley had a great time only partially marred by the fact that we thought our van had been stolen after the performance. We even got the police involved until we realized that we had just lost it in the maze of underground parking under the Kennedy Center. Just a little embarrassing!