Melania Trump Welcomes 2025 White House Christmas Tree

First Lady Melania Trump welcomed the official White House Christmas tree to the North Portico on Monday, November 24, 2025, marking the start of holiday preparations three days before Thanksgiving. The towering evergreen, a Concolor fir from Korsons Tree Farms in Sidney, Michigan, arrived in a traditional horse-drawn carriage pulled by two Clydesdale horses and driven by three men in top hats.

Trump, dressed in a cream-colored overcoat, dark red gloves and plaid heels, greeted the tree's owners, Rex and Jessica Korson, who presented the 18-to-20-foot specimen selected by White House Superintendent of Grounds Dale Haney in September. As she circled the green carriage and posed for photographs, the first lady shook hands with one of the drivers and a woman attending the horses. "It's a beautiful tree," she said with a smile, adding, "It will be beautiful! We are going to plan, and it's starting today."

The delivery highlighted a significant achievement for Korsons Tree Farms, which earned the grand champion title in the 2025 National Christmas Tree Association contest. This marks the first time a Michigan grower has won the honor since 1985, when another farm supplied a tree, and...