House Speaker John Boehner lights the Capitol Christmas Tree in a ceremony emceed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 2, 2014. This year's tree is a white spruce from the Chippewa National Forest in Cass Lake, Minnesota. It was harvested on Oct. 29 and made stops in nearly 30 communities en route to Washington. The tree, decorated with ornaments made by Minnesotans, will be lit from nightfall until 11 p.m. each evening through Jan. 1. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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