Some first families decorated the house with simple. Since 1966 the trees have been donated by the national christmas tree association.
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White house christmas trees. Despite the red trees in the people s house this year the official 2018 white house christmas tree is a more traditional green fraser and stands in the blue room draped with more than 500 feet of. Christmas trees in the white house would not appear until the mid 19th century when 14th president franklin pierce decorated an evergreen on the white house lawn in 1853. First lady melania trump and her son barron welcome the official white house christmas tree to the north portico entrance of the white house monday november 20 2017.
Not all white house families. Officials selected a towering 18 foot douglas fir as this year s traditional official white house christmas tree harvested from mahantongo valley farms in pitman pennsylvania. Frequently the tree s height is reported as 18 or 18 feet tall.
They come from growers in various states with the most from north carolina and are chosen through a contest among the members of the trade group. In 1894 during grover cleveland s presidency the white house christmas tree blazed with electric bulbs for the first time. Traditionally the tree in the blue room is the official white house christmas tree.
Trump s 40 crimson trees to the red cloaks from. First lady melania trump. The white house christmas tree is a cut tree that is between 18 to 20 feet tall.
A horse and cart deliver a pennsylvania concolor fir to the white house november 28 2001 in washington dc. Melania trump defends red white house christmas trees after online criticism. The first known christmas tree in the white house was placed upstairs in the second floor oval room then used as a.
The white house christmas tree usually stands nearly 20 feet tall and the crystal chandelier in the blue room must be removed for the tree to fit the room. White house christmas trees nineteenth century white house christmases were not grand affairs. They were colored a cheery and patriotic red white and blue.
