White House Christmas: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

White House Christmas is an HGTV original annual special that began airing in 1998. The host since 2009 has been HGTV's own Genevieve Gorder who gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the White House as its staff prepares the residence for the upcoming holiday season. The host takes a tour of the President's home, while meeting with the First Lady and interviewing decorators, artisans, pastry chefs, florists and social secretaries.

Series details

• Title: White House Christmas
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1998-12-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: HGTV
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 9/10
• TVMaze ID: 10095
• TVDB ID: 304163

Cast and credited roles

• Jill Biden — First Lady
• Brian Kleinschmidt — Host
• Mika Kleinschmidt — Host
• Genevieve Gorder — Host
• Jonathan Scott — Host
• Drew Scott — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1998: premiered 1998-12-20; final listed air date 1998-12-20.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-12-09; final listed air date 2012-12-09.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-12-15; final listed air date 2013-12-15.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-12-14; final listed air date 2014-12-14.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-12-13; final listed air date 2015-12-13.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-12-11; final listed air date 2016-12-11.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-12-10; final listed air date 2017-12-10.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-12-09; final listed air date 2018-12-09.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-12-15; final listed air date 2019-12-15.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-12-12; final listed air date 2021-12-12.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-12-11; final listed air date 2022-12-11; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-12-10; final listed air date 2023-12-10.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-12-15; final listed air date 2024-12-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-12-14; final listed air date 2025-12-14; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from White House Christmas on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.