12 behind-the-scenes photos show the White House being decorated for Christmas
The official White House Christmas tree is still delivered in a horse-drawn carriage with drivers in top hats and tuxes.
This year's tree comes from the Smith family of the Mountain Top Fraser Fir farm in Newland, North Carolina.
The Trumps inspected the tree when it arrived.
North Carolina has produced more White House Christmas trees than any other state. This is the 14th.
Sources: White House, White House Historical Society
The tree has to be 18 to 19 feet tall in order to fit in the Blue Room.
Sources: White House, White House Historical Society
It took a dozen National Park Service staff to haul the massive tree inside.
Every year, they have to remove the chandelier from the Blue Room so the tree can fit.
President William H. Taft's children put the first Christmas tree in the Blue Room in 1912.
Source: White House Historical Society
The tree is just the first, big step in holiday decorating. Thousands of volunteers will transform the White House over the coming days for visitors, staff, and the first family to enjoy.
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