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The lighting up of the National Christmas tree is an integral part of the Christmas celebrations in America and in the yearly Christmas Pageant of Peace. But the National Christmas tree which is known as an outdoor christmas tree should never be mistaken for the White House Christmas Tree which is an indoors christmas tree.
The November of 1923 is considered to be the witness to the initialization of the tradition of placing the outdoor christmas trees when the First Lady Grace Coolidge, provided the permissions to plant an outdoor christmas tree on the Ellipse south of the White House to the the District of Columbia Public Schools. The tree in question was a balsam fir, which was lit up at 5:00 pm on the christmas eve by none other than President Coolidge . The tree was given the name of ‘National Christmas tree'.
With the changing times the national Christmas tree cam to be lighted early in December only instead of the Christmas Eve. It is said that the Christmas seasons between the years 1924 and 1953, the Christmas tree was made to travel many places and in the year 1954, the tree came back to the Ellipse. Numerous smaller plants were also planted around the National Christmas tree as symbols of the 50 states of America, five territories as well as the District of Columbia and the pathway was termed as the ‘Pathway Of Peace'.
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