How A Thousand Points Of Light Lit The National Tree
The 2011 national Christmas tree is a 26-foot Colorado blue spruce. It was planted just this year after a windstorm blew down the last tree.
The 2011 national Christmas tree is a 26-foot Colorado blue spruce. It was planted just this year after a windstorm blew down the last tree.
President Calvin Coolidge (right) with the national Christmas tree on Dec. 24, 1923.
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