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Enjoy a fun free art activity and add your one-of-a-kind ornament to the 2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree! This year, the ...
The National Christmas Tree, as well as 58 smaller trees, are open to the public to visit for free from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1. The trees are lit at sunset each night.
The National Christmas Tree lighting has been an annual event since 1923, and it’s always taken place on President’s Park. The tree is 48-feet-tall is embellished with 2,500 bulbs that shine ...
With just five days until Christmas, the one-hour TV special showing the National Christmas Tree Lighting will air today, Friday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS. The lighting event took place on ...
The 102 nd National Christmas Tree Lighting is back for its annual tradition at the Ellipse at The White House and President's Park. CBS will broadcast the 2024 National Christmas Tree Lighting on ...
The 2024 National Christmas Tree is a 35-foot red spruce tree from George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia. To gain entry to the lighting ceremony, put your name in when the ...
President Biden participated in the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington D.C. on Thursday night in what will be his last time attending the annual event before he exits the ...
The National Christmas Tree lighting stretches to 1923 when President Calvin Coolidge walked from the White House to the Ellipse to light a 48-foot fir tree boasting 2,500 electric red, white and ...
The National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony drew crowds to the Ellipse just south of the White House. Organizers said earlier they were expecting about 12,000 people to attend the ceremony.
The 102nd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 5 starting at 6 p.m. south of the White House on the Ellipse. This year, the tree will be supported by eight ...
Christmas tree permits are available for purchase online at recreation.gov (with an added $2.50 processing fee charged by the website) and at local U.S. Forest Service offices or from local vendors.