The 2005 White House Christmas ornament honors President James A. Garfield, a preacher, educator, soldier, and politician. The last of the log cabin presidents, he attacked political corruption and restored a measure of prestige that the presidency had lost during the Reconstruction period.
The ornament is gold-plated brass with a round ceramic stone that features an illustration inspired by a period engraving of the South Front of the White House. The color scheme and highly decorative wreath design are derived from art objects including family china, needlework, and historic frames, in the collection at Lawnfield, the historic Garfield house in Mentor, Ohio. The JAG monogram on the ornament was styled after that used in Garfield's inaugural ball decorations, which now hang at Lawnfield. The pattern on the 2005 ornament box is based on high Victorian flocked wallpaper in the Garfield house.
Item is brand new in original box and includes booklet.