The DC Traveler

The 2008 National Christmas Tree in Washington, DC will be lit this evening, Thursday, December 4, 2008, at 5:00 p.m.  It is the last time the tree will be lit by President and First Lady Bush.  Next Christmas, President Obama will have the honors.
Tickets went fast for the event, but the grounds will be open to public 24-hours through January 1, 2009.
Besides the National Christmas Tree, visit the Pathway of Peace, with decorated Christmas trees from each of the states and U.S. territories, along with the National Yuletide Log.
The grounds are illuminated each evening from dusk until 11:00 p.m.  …read more

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The famous Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the world-famous Rockettes, is coming to Baltimore in early December.

As part of a 23 city national tour, the Rockettes, dressed in their famous Babes in Toyland outfits, will delight audiences with their precision chorus line dancing and signature high kicks.
I saw the Rockettes’ show in New York City a few years ago and it is a fun performance.
Radio City Christmas Spectacular 1st Mariner Arena 201 W Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland  (map it)
Dates and Times – December 2 – 7, …read more

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Visiting Mount Vernon at Christmas time is an annual holiday tradition. George and Martha know how to deck the halls, decorate Christmas trees and welcome people into the first President’s home.
This year kids will enjoy the 12 themed Christmas trees, one for each day of Christmas. Each professionally decorated with themes relating to George Washington, life at Mount Vernon, and the time when the Washington’s lived there.
And look for the live Christmas camel, just like George Washington had at Mt. Vernon during the Christmas season of 1787, two years before he became America’s first President.
Besides a gingerbread recreation of …read more

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The Executive Pastry ,Chef Aron Weber, of the five-star Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC, will be teaching a children’s class on how to decorate their own Gingerbread House.

All materials and refreshments are included, plus you get to take your completed gingerbread house home with you.
The class is intended for  children.
 
Fairmont’s Gingerbread House Class The Fairmont Washington, DC 2401 M Street, NW Washington, DC  20037  (map it) 202-429-2400
Dates and Times -  Thursday, December 13, 2008, at 10:30 a.m
Tickets – $45.00 per student. Reservations …read more

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Hopefully your day will go a bit easier….

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The Smithsonian’s Asian and Eastern art museum, The Sackler Gallery on the National Mall, is hosting an exhibit of some of the oldest Bible artifacts in existence inan exhibit called In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000.
Over the centuries, the iconic Bible as it’s known today has changed and evolved to what we know it to be today. But it’s original form included stories and teaching that over the ages have been modified or completely eliminated.
Some of the examples on display are from the period when “books” (bound or covered manuscripts) first started replacing scrolls. Fragments of some of …read more

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When President Calvin Coolidge lit the first national Christmas tree in Washington DC on the Ellipse, Christmas Eve in 1923, he began an annual tradition that continues today.
The current National Christmas tree, a 39 foot Colorado blue spruce was moved from Pennsylvania in 1978 and transplanted across from the South lawn of the White House on the Ellipse.  It will be lit along with other smaller trees representing the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories.

The Pageant of Peace opening-night ceremony features and lighting of the national Christmas tree, holiday music performed by a U.S. Military band, choral …read more

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