Lighting of the 2008 National Christmas Tree

The 2008 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is December 4, 2008 at 5 p.m. This special holiday tradition in Washington, DC will include live entertainment including a diverse program of holiday music, including traditional songs, with dashes of Texas swing, Latin rhythms, and a little Motown. Artists include country music star, Rissi Palmer; multiple Grammy winner Jon Secada; and popular Nashville singer/songwriter Phil Vassar. Washington-based dance troupe Step Afrika! will perform, and the U. S. Army Chorus’s SFC Steve Cramer will appear as Santa Claus, rounding out the show will be 4-year-old singer Kaitlyn Maher, who came to national attention as one of the ten finalists in this year’s “America’s Got Talent” competition.

Tickets are required for the lighting ceremony. They were distributed in limited quantity in early November. You may visit the National Christmas Tree through January 1 and enjoy nightly musical performances.

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