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Boehner lights the Capitol Christmas Tree
The Capitol Christmas Tree lit up for the first time this season on Tuesday, following a lighting ceremony featuring Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and members of the Colorado delegation.
This year’s tree is a 73-foot tree from the White River National Forest in Colorado.
Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), who spoke at the event on Tuesday, tweeted a photo of the tree — which was also decorated with ornaments made by students in Colorado — all lit up.
The “People’s Tree” is lit! @capitoltree2012 twitter.com/MarkUdall/stat…
— Mark Udall (@MarkUdall) December 4, 2012
Boehner, with help from a Colorado high-school student, lit the tree. It will continue to be lit nightly until 11 p.m. through Dec. 26.
Boehner made Ryan Shuster, a senior who won a state-wide contest to be part of the ceremony, button his suit jacket before he flipped the switch, warning, “Ryan, pictures last forever.”
Former Sen. Ben "Nighthorse" Campbell drove the Christmas Tree from the small town of Meeker, Colo., to Washington, D.C., on a on a 105-foot semi truck, and arrived last week after a 23-day trip.
The tree is known as “the people’s tree,” in part to differentiate between it and the National Christmas Tree that sits in front of the White House. The tree stops in various towns and cities on its cross-country trip in order to greet “the people” personally.
Blessed to join in the lighting of the @uscapitol Christmas Tree j.mp/WHGJyL Thanks to all involved in @capitoltree2012
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) December 4, 2012
Capitol Christmas Tree 2012 now lit nightly till 11 pm through Dec 26. #capitolchristmas twitter.com/uscapitol/stat…
— U.S. Capitol (@uscapitol) December 4, 2012
What a beautiful and unusually warm night in Washington for this year’s Capitol Tree Lighting! twitter.com/RepRonBarber/s…
— RepRonBarber (@RepRonBarber) December 4, 2012
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