“Think Mariah Carey is the queen of Christmas cheer? Think again.” MSNBC recently highlighted as a part of its BLTWY programming – a series of news, political, and entertainment stories and photographs – that the true Queen of Christmas was Pat Nixon, credited with introducing the most festive traditions of any First Lady.

I joined the Richard Nixon Foundation in June 2007, only weeks prior to the transformation of the private Nixon Library & Birthplace into the federally-operated Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. I was fresh out of 8th grade. My meeting with Foundation Vice President Sandy Quinn was my first time in a board room. I had [...]