In October, like every fall, a White House delegation traveled to the winner’s farm to pick the tree that will temporarily replace the chandelier in the Blue Room, an oval parlor used for ...

Two hundred years ago, President James Monroe purchased 53 pieces of gilded French furniture for what is now the White House Blue Room. The price tag of $18,417.17 briefly drew the ire of the ...

For more than three decades, Stewart Calvin Stevens Sr. cleaned the windows, the doors and the chandeliers at the White House — and often a lot more. “I cleaned everything . . . except the ...

The official White House Christmas tree from Newland, North Carolina sits in the Blue Room. The room’s chandelier had to be removed in order to fit the 18.5-foot Frasier fir, which stands floor ...

Jill Biden unveiled her final White House Christmas decorations as first lady, ... The Blue Room's chandelier has to be removed every year to accommodate the giant trees.

Laura Bush’s official White House Christmas tree stands in the Blue Room of the White House on Dec. 3, 2008. Advertisement For their final Christmas tree in office in 2008, Laura Bush chose the ...

Dating back to 1966, the National Christmas Tree Association has held a competition for the coveted White House Blue Room spot. The previous two trees, also both 18.5 feet, came from Pennsylvania ...