# President Obama Lights the National Christmas Tree

The President, joined by the First Family and Vice President and Dr. Biden, hosts the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse. December 3, 2009. (Public Domain)

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: The White House
- Genres: Winter holidays
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Obama_Lights_the_National_Christmas_Tree.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: The White House
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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