President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump headline the annual National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, kicking off the 2025 holiday season in Washington, D.C. The festive event features performances by Alana Springsteen, Brett Young, Gabby Barrett, Jillian Cardarelli, Jon Pardi, Matthew West, The Beach Boys, Warren Zeiders, and the U.S. Navy Band. This year’s White House holiday theme, “Home is Where the Heart Is,” adds extra warmth to the celebration. The event begins at 6 p.m. EST—watch the full ceremony live and enjoy the music, traditions, and holiday spirit from the nation’s capital.
00:12Welcome to the 103rd National Christmas Tree Lighting. This is so exciting, isn't it?
00:18Oh my gosh, absolutely. Hello, everybody.
00:23We are just a few steps away from the world's most famous house.
00:30Getting ready to light up the world's most famous tree, and you can't top that.
00:36You cannot top that. I am so thrilled to be here with you, Gabby, at the White House and President's Park,
00:43where for over 100 years, this uniquely American tradition has brought our country together.
00:50And as we come together tonight, it's important to remember those who can't be here with us.
00:56So let's give a special moment of deep appreciation to all of our men and women in uniform serving this great nation around the world.
01:06And may they feel our gratitude for all that they give.
01:15Absolutely.
01:19That's right. We are so thankful.
01:21And now, ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, and First Lady, Melania Trump.
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01:59well thank you very much everybody it is beautiful not too cold there's no wind we don't have to
02:09wear hats or anything this is a special time and melania and i are thrilled to wish everyone here
02:14tonight and americans all across this land a very very merry christmas
02:19so is everybody ready to light the beautiful christmas tree are you ready
02:26so the first lady is going to do the honors and we're going to do a countdown we'll go from
02:34five to zero okay five four three two one
02:42good job donnie
02:49so
02:57well thank you very much and thank you melania
03:21and it's a beautiful job they did on creating that tree it's a beauty and let me also recognize
03:30vice president jd vance and second lady usha
03:35as well as secretaries scott besant pete hegseth attorney general pam bondy
03:45secretaries doug bergam and robert f kennedy jr administrator kelly loffler
03:54and their wonderful families are doing a fantastic job and i see out in the audience
03:59the great one wayne gretzky and janet thank you very much wayne for being here
04:03he's used to this kind of weather
04:06let's also express our gratitude to the great people of the national park service they're
04:12incredible the job they've done
04:14as well as the unbelievable performers here tonight you're going to see some incredible
04:21performers and we have in the audience the beach boys they're great
04:25during this holy season christians everywhere rejoice at the miracle bethlehem more than
04:32two thousand years ago when the son of god our lord and savior jesus christ came
04:38down from heaven to be with us you're right full of grace and truth he brought the gift of god's
04:47love into the world and the promise of salvation for every person and every nation and we just settled
04:55another war today you saw that with rwanda and the congo it's been going on for 34 years
05:01millions of people killed could be 20 million they don't know what the number is and we just
05:06settled it today that was a big one we're very happy to announce it on this important day
05:11tonight this beautiful evergreen tree glows bright on the dark and cold winter night and reminds us of
05:19the words of gospel of john in him was life and that life was the light of all mankind beautiful words
05:27with the birth of jesus human history turned from night to day his word and his example call us to
05:36love one another to serve one another and to honor the sacred truth that every child especially made
05:42in the image of god
05:44for 250 years think of it our country is 250 years is a big year
05:52i'm so happy that our presidency was delayed otherwise i'd be sitting home watching television
06:00not being invited i would be extremely upset
06:02and remember we have not only the 250 years but we have this is a big one
06:08we have the world cup and we have the olympics coming up all within this four-year period
06:13see if they didn't rig the election i would have been sitting because can you imagine i wouldn't have
06:20any of them and i probably wouldn't have been invited i would have been very upset by that
06:25but america has stood tall in part because millions of our citizens have
06:30heeded that call and the faith and service of christians have been
06:34essential parts of america's strength from the very very beginning
06:39incredible we love the christians we love all religions
06:42and by the way religion is coming back to the usa you see that
06:47very strongly so this christmas season let me say thank you to everyone who serves the
06:54needy and lifts up the communities inspired by faith
06:58thank you to the police law enforcement officers first responders ice and border patrol agents
07:05who risk their lives every day to defend the innocent protect the good and keep the evil and danger
07:11at bay and thank you to the men and women of the united states military including the brave
07:17heroes of our national guard here in washington dc where we've set a record for lack of crime in 28 years
07:27so i just want to say we have a great a great place and i want to pay my highest respects to those two
07:37great guardsmen you know who i'm talking about uh they paid in one case the ultimate and the other
07:44andrew is getting better sarah unfortunately is watching from a high
07:49watching from heaven parents are so incredible and
07:52andrew is uh hopefully
07:55getting better he hit he got hit hard
07:58defending us and i just want to pay my respects to them two incredible people
08:02unbelievable people i spoke with the parents and met the parents today but the parents of andrew and
08:07uh they have spirit and they love our country so much you wouldn't believe
08:12but as a nation we have much to be grateful for on this holiday season our border is secure our spirit
08:19is restored most uh secure border we've ever had in the history of our country seven months and nobody has
08:26come in illegally into our country nobody not one our economy is thriving inflation has stopped our nation is
08:35strong and america is back bigger and better stronger better than ever before think of it
08:42and we're making peace all over the world we're settling wars
08:45at levels that nobody's ever seen before eight of them we're looking for one more
08:50that's russia ukraine if that's possible and i think we'll get there eventually
08:55last week uh 8 000 soldiers killed last month they had 27 000 soldiers needlessly killed
09:03we got to get that stopped we're working very hard on it just over one year ago our country was in
09:10very very serious trouble uh the king of saudi arabia said to me very strongly sir one year ago
09:18your country was dead now you have the strongest and hottest country anywhere in the world can you
09:23imagine we did this in 10 months what a difference and it's true everybody feels that and all leaders
09:30feel that so as we prepare to celebrate the miracle of christmas we thank god for his many blessings and
09:37together we rejoice at the true source of greatness happiness and strength the good news is the glorious
09:44nights 2000 years ago think of it 2000 years ago it was indeed a glorious night so i want to thank
09:53everybody here i want to pay my deepest respect and love to all of our great citizens
10:00like 350 million people we love them all whether you like them or not we love them all we want to
10:08take care of everybody we have to take care of everybody in our country i want to wish everybody a
10:12very merry christmas and a happy new year and uh have a good time and you're going to see some great
10:19entertainment thank you very much everybody merry christmas happy hanukkah happy new year thank you
10:25thank you everybody thank you
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