National Christmas Tree

Since we're suburban DC residents now we figured we should visit the national Christmas tree.  It was a pretty cold evening but we hopped on the Metro (guess who loved that) and walked to the White House.  There was a large tree decorated surrounded by model trains.  Around the outside was a ring of smaller trees each decorated by (and for) students of each state and territory in the United States.  I thought the "big" tree would be bigger than it was.  It turns out the original tree fell down in a storm last year and this is the first year for its replacement.  It was still exciting to see.