Oh drat, the National Christmas tree has fallen over 😦
NYT: High winds whipped through Washington on Saturday, downing power lines in a few places, fueling brush fires and even toppling the National Christmas Tree.
The Christmas tree, a Colorado blue spruce, more than 40 feet tall and nearly 48 years old, had been donated by a family in Pennsylvania … it was moved by the National Park Service in 1978, becoming a permanent fixture on the Ellipse in President’s Park. The tree had no known health problems when it fell, said a Park Service spokesman, Bill Line.
…As part of an annual tradition dating to the Coolidge administration in 1923, the National Christmas Tree is decorated and then lighted by the president in a widely attended, nationally broadcast celebration.
In, em, memory:
😦
The Obama Diary 
Oh, that video is just the sweetest.
Oh no thank God nobody was under or near it especially the first family and yes what a sweet video!
The moment with Pres Obama and his daughter…. oh there are truly no words.
Oh how sad. But Oh what great memories.
The tree. I mean.
ironically, right before i clicked on to this site and saw this news, i was rewatching the tree lighting from december.
this video, however, is still adorable.
RIP Tree 😦
the video is cute 🙂 and President and Sasha just so sweet 😀
That precious family just lights up my heart.
Thanks Chips!!
Bye, bye tree. Thanks for your years of service. You’ll be missed (for a while). 🙂
“President Obama hates Christmas; he’s a mooslim”….Faux news watchers /SNARK
The War on Christmas started early this year. LOL!