Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, you can truly dive into the Christmas season without fear of legitimate rebuke from all those Scrooges who seem opposed to the unseasonable display of holiday spirit.
So to fulfill your newly awakened holiday feelings, DC is lighting up some Christmas trees!
You may want to check out the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the White House on Thursday, December 4th. The president flips the lightswitch on this at 5:00 p.m. Tickets became available November 1st on a first come, first serve basis. Free tickets can be picked up at the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (15th and E streets NW). There's a limit of four tickets per person, and they are required for entry, even for children.
However, if you're anything like me, you don't like leaving the Hill (I mean, why would you every need to?), so to satiate your Christmas-tree-lighting lust without having to abandon the 'hood, there's always the Capitol Christmas Tree which will be lit at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2nd. The tree stands on the West Lawn at a height of 73 feet, covered in 10,000 lights and 4,000 handmade ornaments. This year's tree comes from the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, according to the Capitol Christmas Tree 2008 website. There's also a website that allows you to track the tree during its voyage cross country. The tracker is less exciting now that the tree has made it to the Mall, but completely beautiful and worthless nonetheless!
Welcome to the legitimate holiday season, everybody!
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