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Traditionally, the tree in the Blue Room is the official White House Christmas tree. [26] [28] The White House Christmas tree usually stands nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and the crystal chandelier in the Blue Room must be removed for the tree to fit the room. [28]
White House Selects North Carolina Family's Christmas Tree Farm To Provide 2024 Tree. After that, according to the White House Association, the president allowed the tradition to continue.
A ‘beauty contest’ for Christmas trees. The White House Christmas tree is selected at a contest hosted by the National Christmas Tree Association, the national trade association and advocacy ...
On November 30, 2022, President Joe Biden lighted the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House and celebrated the 100th year since the first lighting by President Calvin Coolidge on December 24, 1923. [225] The tree, a 27-foot white fir, today has 64,000 Christmas lights. [226]
Cut evergreen trees were used in 1923 and from 1954 to 1972. Living trees were used from 1924 to 1953, and again from 1973 to the present (2011). In the list below, the height of the cut tree is the height of the tree when raised at the White House. The height of the living tree is the height when it was first planted.
In the Blue Room, the official White House Christmas tree — an 18 1/2-foot (5.6-meter) Concolor fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania — is decorated to represent unity and hope with handmade ...
“We say we've touched a tree over 100 times by the time it gets to the consumer, and that's all manual labor,” Cartner said. Selecting the right tree for the White House. All of that work led to Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm being named the 2024 grand champion at the National Christmas Tree Association's contest. Winning the competition ...
The official White House Christmas tree was also surrounded by a carousel and featured candy-shaped ornaments. The Gold Star tree in the East Entrance was made of six stacked stars, representing ...