On Tuesday, The Office of the Speaker of the House hosted the annual ceremony for the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 80-foot spruce selected from Zarembo Island in Alaska.
Participants include Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK); House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA); Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK); Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK); Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin; U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore; and Rose Burke, youth tree lighter and fourth-grade student from Kenai, Alaska.
Watch the entire ceremony below:
