▶️ 🎄U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in the National Park Service's annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Thursday, December 5. 👉 It's the 97th straight year for the presidential tradition. The lighthearted honor for presidents, going back to Calvin Coolidge, came on an otherwise difficult day in Trump's presidency.
Hours before the ceremony, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Democratic chairmen to bring forward impeachment charges against Trump. House Democrats say Trump abused his presidential powers by pressuring Ukraine’s president to open an investigation into Trump's potential 2020 Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son.
The 9-meter tree is decorated with 50,000 lights and 450 giant white star ornaments. The National Park Service planted the tree in President's Park, just south of the White House, in late October.
The previous tree, a Colorado blue spruce from Virginia, was planted in 2012, but it was damaged last year when a man tried to climb it. The tree is surrounded by 56 smaller trees featuring ornaments from every state and territory and the District of Columbia. (Reuters/AP)
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