Jimmy Carter Is First Living President Commemorated with Official White House Christmas Ornament

The White House Historical Association unveils 2024 ornament honoring Carter’s presidency.

President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter in the Blue Room of the White House in December 1979. (Photo: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum/National Archives and Records Administration)

The White House Historical Association Wednesday released the Official 2024 White House Christmas Ornament commemorating the Jimmy Carter presidency.

The ornament is in the shape of an anchor and signifies former President Jimmy Carter’s service in the U.S. Navy and other aspects of his presidency (1977-1981). The announcement marks the first time a living U.S. president has been honored with an official White House ornament. Carter is 99 years old and his wife for 77 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, died in November at the age of 96.

“For a lot of us in our family, when we think about the White House, we really think about Christmas,” the Carters’ grandson, Jason Carter, told the White House Historical Association. “Christmas was a time when we would see our grandparents.”