1864 Union general William T. Sherman sends a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."1882 Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, displays the first electric Christmas tree lights in his home in New Yourk City.
1941 Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for wartime meetings with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1944 During the Battle of the Bulge, General Anthony McAuliffe replies, "Nuts!" to a German demand for surrender.
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