The official Christmas tree, an 18-foot-tall Fraser Fir from Fleetwood, N.C., stands within the middle of the oval Blue Room throughout a media preview of the 2023 vacation decorations on the White House on Monday.

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The official Christmas tree, an 18-foot-tall Fraser Fir from Fleetwood, N.C., stands within the middle of the oval Blue Room throughout a media preview of the 2023 vacation decorations on the White House on Monday.

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A winter wonderland has arrived on the White House, as first woman Jill Biden unveiled this yr’s ornamental theme for the Christmas season on Monday.

The theme, “Magic, Wonder, and Joy,” is impressed by kids’s experiences of the season: “completely present in the beauty and bounty around them, their senses alight, with hearts open to the magic, wonder, and joy of the holidays,” Biden mentioned.

First woman Jill Biden speaks concerning the vacation season and unveils the White House vacation decor whereas thanking volunteers who helped set it up, on the White House on Monday.

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First woman Jill Biden speaks concerning the vacation season and unveils the White House vacation decor whereas thanking volunteers who helped set it up, on the White House on Monday.

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Throughout the White House grounds are 98 Christmas timber, nearly 34,000 ornaments, 72 wreaths and about 142,000 vacation lights.

The China Room is adorned to turn into the “White House Sweet Shop.” The White House expects to welcome roughly 100,000 guests in the course of the vacation season.

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The China Room is adorned to turn into the “White House Sweet Shop.” The White House expects to welcome roughly 100,000 guests in the course of the vacation season.

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Here are among the decor highlights:

• The Blue Room shows the official White House tree, an 18.5 foot Fraser Fir that reaches from the ground to the ceiling and was sourced from North Carolina. The tree has the names of all of the U.S. states, territories and Washington, D.C. A toy practice chugs across the backside of the tree.
• The ornaments on the Gold Star Christmas tree are engraved with the names of navy servicemen who’ve died. 
• The marble arches in the Ground Floor Corridor are adorned with letters to Santa and vacation messages from across the nation. Biden thanked the correspondence volunteers who keep up a correspondence with Americans yr spherical. This space additionally options varied editions of the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore to commemorate its 2 hundredth anniversary. 
• The East Room, the most important room within the White House, includes a Nativity scene and Advent calendars counting down the times to Christmas, with surprises behind every quantity. 
• The China Room is full of candy treats, reminiscent of truffles, cookies and gingerbread. 
• In the Red Room are ornaments which have the hand prints and household portraits of youngsters who belong to navy households. 
• The State Dining Room has a rendition of Santa’s workshop, outfitted with workbenches, stools and ladders main as much as the Christmas timber. The room additionally includes a gingerbread reproduction of the White House. 

The ornaments on the Gold Star Christmas tree are engraved with the names of navy servicemen who’ve died.

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The ornaments on the Gold Star Christmas tree are engraved with the names of navy servicemen who’ve died.

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More than 300 volunteers labored for over every week to brighten the White House.

To schedule a tour of the White House to see the decorations, you’ll be able to e mail your House consultant.

Santa Claus in his sleigh and a staff of reindeer fly via the columns of the Entrance Hall of the White House. The theme for this yr’s White House decorations is “Magic, Wonder and Joy.”

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Santa Claus in his sleigh and a staff of reindeer fly via the columns of the Entrance Hall of the White House. The theme for this yr’s White House decorations is “Magic, Wonder and Joy.”

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A gingerbread White House is displayed within the State Dining Room.

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A gingerbread White House is displayed within the State Dining Room.

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“I know that [magic, wonder and joy] can feel hard to find sometimes as the days grow shorter and the weather grows colder, as our hearts grow heavy in the face of a tumultuous world, as we miss those who are no longer with us – an empty seat at the table of our holiday gatherings. But it’s in these times when we are searching for hope and healing…that’s when we need each other the most,” Biden mentioned.