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For many, the Christmas season is a time of celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. For many others, it is the perfect time of year to recirculate misinformation, fake news stories, and embellished outrage. An old rumor that the White House had banned the Nativity scene was recirculated in December 2016, after it was mentioned in an article about the Obama's Christmas decorations: Similar claims were made nearly every year while President Obama was in office. However, a Nativity scene was on display at the White House during every year of Obama's term. In fact, the White House Crèche has been displayed in the East Room during the holiday season every year since 1967: The 2016 White House Nativity scene can be glimpsed in the following photograph from Getty Images:
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