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The White House expects to welcome about 100,000 people over the next month, with tours offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket submissions are accepted up to 90 days in advance.
The official White House Christmas Tree is a simply colossal 18.5-foot Frasier Fir. They shipped it in from Fleetwood, North Carolina for the season. The tree has a "neighborhood" theme this year ...
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 ...
First "official" White House tree. [5] Lou Henry Hoover: 1926 Mrs. Coolidge chose to display three Christmas trees at the White House. [134] Grace Coolidge: 1923 Norway spruce [135] White House had two Christmas trees. [135] Grace Coolidge Blue Room, and family quarters [135] 1917 [136] Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: 1916 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
The official White House Christmas tree, or the Blue Room Christmas Tree, is donated each year by the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA). [3] The NCTA has donated the tree since 1966; [4] it is chosen through a contest among members of the trade group. [4]
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 ...
Since 1966, the National Christmas Tree Association has donated the official Blue Room Christmas Tree to the White House. “It has to be 18 to 19 feet tall and no more than 12 feet wide,” said ...
The White House's Blue Room refurbished in 1995 with contributions from the White House Historical Association's White House Endowment Trust. The White House Historical Association, founded in 1961 [4] through efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, is a private, nonprofit organization [5] that works to preserve the history of the White House and make its history more accessible to the public.