The 2014 White House Christmas tree has arrived
First lady Michelle Obama received the annual Christmas tree delivery at the White House on Friday, heralding the start of the holiday season.
Two horses pulled the nearly 20-foot fir tree to the front door of the White House late Friday morning as a small military band played the traditional carol “O Christmas Tree.”
- The official White House Christmas tree, from the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Pennsylvania, sits next to the North Portico of the White House in Washington, November 28, 2014. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
- The official White House Christmas Tree from Lehighton, PA, arrives on the North Portico November 28, 2014 in Washington, DC. The 18 1/2 feet tall white fir tree will be displayed in the Blue Room and will be the centerpiece of the White House holiday decorations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- U.S. First lady Michelle Obama smells the White House Christmas Tree with her daughters Sasha Obama (L) and Malia Obama and their family dogs, Bo and Sonny, and the tree grower Chris Botek and his father Francis Botek of Lehighton, PA, on the north side driveway of the White House November 28, 2014 in Washington, DC. The 18 1/2 feet tall white fir tree will be displayed in the Blue Room and will be the centerpiece of the White House holiday decorations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha Obama (L) and Malia Obama (R), their family dogs, Bo and Sonny; and the tree grower Chris Botek (2nd R) and his father Francis Botek of Lehighton, PA, receive the White House Christmas Tree on the north side driveway of the White House November 28, 2014 in Washington, DC. The 18 1/2 feet tall white fir tree will be displayed in the Blue Room and will be the centerpiece of the White House holiday decorations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
SEE MORE
2012 White House Holiday decorations
2013 decorations
Miracle on 34th lights up Hampden street