WASHINGTON—First Lady Melania Trump welcomed a horse-drawn wagon delivering the official White House Christmas Tree to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Nov. 24.
“It’s a beautiful tree,” Trump said of the massive evergreen destined for the Blue Room. “Merry Christmas!”
The United States Marine Band played Christmas music while the first lady inspected the tree and shook hands and spoke with the three men in top hats occupying the driver’s seat.
Two Clydesdales pulled the decorative green wagon with red bows that carried the approximately 20-foot-tall concolor fir to the Executive Mansion.
One of the horses showed personality throughout the event, moving energetically and tasting some of the White House shrubbery while on the way up the driveway to the North Portico….