Join us as we celebrate the holidays in Washington, DC through photos!

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We're having a great time here in DC during the Christmas holidays.  It's our third year in the city and we absolutely love all of the decorations.  We scored tickets to the White House through our congressman for the first part of December and you know what that means.....We were able to see some of the:

  • 14,975 feet of holiday ribbon, 350 candles, 33,892 ornaments, 22,000 bells
  • 98 trees, 72 wreaths and 142,425 holiday lights
put up by the more than 300 volunteers that came from across the country in the latter part of November to decorate the inside and outside of the White House.  It was so magical....











The White House at night

There's a funny story of the National Christmas tree located at the Ellipse just south of the White House.  The National Christmas tree is usually a live one that is growing in the ground.  However, late this fall, it developed a fungus and began turning brown.  The decision was made to cut it down.  Because there was not enough time to find another live tree before the annual lighting on November 30, a 40-foot cut tree was quickly found and brought to the sight.  Well, November 28 was a very windy day with gusts to 46 mph.....You can guess what happened - yes, folks, the tree blew over.  Cranes were brought in to right the tree in time for the lighting two days later.  Phew!  I bet that was a stressful time for the folks in charge.

The Capitol tree.

Here is the Canadian Embassy tree.
Library of Congress tree.

Here are various trees from outside and inside the lobbies of buildings.  There are so many large beautiful trees throughout the city!  We have enjoyed searching them out.











We hope you have enjoyed these Christmas tree photos as much as we have enjoyed taking them.
Here's hoping you and yours have a wonderful holiday season.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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