The national Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony began in 1923 with President Calvin Coolidge, when he lit a 48-foot balsam fir tree from Vermont with festive bulbs in red, white and green on ...

The first Christmas tree to be adorned in lights revolved and had 80 hand-wired large red, white and blue electric bulbs in 1882. The first Christmas tree with electric lights was lit up in 1882 ...

An ill wind knocked over the National Christmas Tree outside the White House Tuesday afternoon, two days before it was set to be officially lit by President Biden. The stately 40-foot spruce ...

On Monday, first lady Jill Biden revealed this year’s White House holiday decorations. Among them is the focal point of the Blue Room: the floor-to-ceiling Fraser fir Christmas tree. The ...

She demonstrated the task of replacing a white bulb with the designated “extra” red light replacement, then showed the lights flash on and off, giving her festive tannenbaum some extra sparkle.

This year’s volunteer decorators also decked the White House halls (and 97 other Christmas trees) with more than 140,000 lights, hung garland from marble columns, strung letters to Santa ...

Biden holds his final White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony 00:28. President Biden participated in the annual Christmas tree lighting on the Ellipse on Thursday evening, his last time ...

A big Christmas Eve party was thrown for White House staff. Eleanor Roosevelt used the holidays to draw attention to Great Depression conditions – by visiting tree-lightings in Black and working ...

NEWLAND, N.C. — A tree from Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm in Newland arrived at the White House on Monday, Nov. 25. The 20-foot tall tree is much more than a Fraser fir. It stands as a symbol ...

In 1929, First Lady Hoover began the tradition of an official White House Christmas tree and from there it has only grown. Each First Lady handles the responsibility of the decorations and theme ...