have you ever wondered what the white house looks like during the holiday season well come with us today as we take a tour over 300 volunteers from across the country spend a full week getting the White House ready for the holidays this year includes 83 Christmas trees with over 28,000 ornaments and more than 165,000 Holiday Lights the official White House Christmas tree stands in the center of the blue room and it’s so big they need to actually remove the chandelier to allow it to fit in the state dining room room the annual gingerbread house is built with 25 sheets of gingerbread 45 lb of chocolate and 50 lb of icing just down the hall sits the White House manur it was created in 2021 by the White House carpentry shop using wood Salvage from the White House during the Truman renovation over 70 years ago this year Dr Biden is calling the theme a season of peace and light and as part of her joining forces initiative she’s invited National Guard families to be the first holiday guests