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By DAILY MAIL REPORTERU.S. President Barack Obama brought his wife Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia and his mother-in-law, who lives in the White House as well, along to the tree lighting ceremonyChristmas arrived in Wa on a frigid Thursday night.With the interchange of a switch, President Barack Obama lit the National Christmas Tree - a massive 40-foot Colorado blue spruce growing on a grassy area about the White House known as the Ellipse that is covered in lights and decorations.

Obama was attended by his wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and his mother-in-law Marian Robinson - 'our grandmother-in-chief' - all bundled up against the cold. The 40-foot Colorado blue spruce grows just across the way from White House The inaugural family appeared amazed at the tree's beauty when they flipped the change to become the lights onIt is unclear how long the giant spruce took to treat in lights for the occasion, as a time lapse video showed that it took lots of faculty to adorn the much small tree that sits inside of the White House.In his remarks Thursday night the chairman said that the message of Yule was one of 'passion and salvation to every man existence' as he and lit the tree.That message was not merely for Christians like himself and his wife but universal, he said. The President shared a joke and a nest with younger daughter Sasha, who was bundled up against the cold'A child was born far from place to open a simple substance of love and redemption to every man being about the world.''It's a substance that says no matter who we are or where we are from, no matter the hurt we go or the wrongs we face, we are called to love one another as brothers and as sisters.'The chair also urged everyone to beg for the soldiery in Afghanistan and Iraq before Michelle did a version of 'Twas The Dark Before Christmas.The main tree is encircled by 56 smaller trees representing the states, the Territory of Columbia and territories of the U.S.The White House tree tradition dates to 1923, when President Calvin Coolidge presided over the light a national Christmas tree. Mrs Obama read 'Twas The Dark Before Christmas to a grouping of schoolchildren after her husband made a few remarks near the signification of Christmas Santa Claus joined the Chair and his daughters in the front row as they listed to the Maiden Lady readsource: dailymail