Sneak Peek of the White House Christmas Decorations for 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2023
- I was invited to a press preview of the White House Christmas Decorations. Come with me as we check out all the rooms in their holiday finest. Jill Biden comes by to say hello at the end.
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Beautiful Nativity scene! Thank you for taking us through. 🎅
Look at 9:23
The Nativity & the historic Christmas stories from the Library of Congress were amazing!
That Nativity Set was impressive!
The theme and decorations are unique and beautiful. Truly a traditional Christmas.
Thank you for the wonderful tour! What a privilege to be able to view all the decorations, so appreciated!
Privilege? Don't say that! That will stir the pot with those who will holler Black Lives Matter!
I love how they decorated the rooms so there would be something for everyone. The kids who are lucky enough to tour the White House this year are going to go bonkers over all the toys and candy. I can't begin to image how many hours it took the legions of decorators to do all the work. It was nice to see references of the presidential pets, too. Thanks for the camera tour...I only wish it could've lasted longer.
Makes me think how big department stores use to decorate when I was young
I had the same thought! Back when it was magical and all happened overnight the day after Thanksgiving.
What and offend someone. Forget the Christmas decorations they are a thing of the past.
Yes❣️ State street in Chicago was like walking into Winter Wonderland; everything was so beautiful…..It was very Magical for the Children’s of all ages.
@@louisaberrios1789 yes my parents took us up by train to see Santa in Chicago every year it was truly magical as decorations didn’t go up till a couple of weeks before Christmas so the excitement and anticipation was great
@@louisaberrios1789 So true!! We used to take our kids to State Street to so the windows decorated for Christmas!! It was so magical. One time we saw a man get on one knee and propose to his girlfriend in front of the windows! It was so special.
Very children and family centered. The Gold Star tree for gold star families is very touching. Wasn't the music beautiful ? They managed to mix classic decor with whimsical candyland! Charming! Kudos to the planners and workers who helped Dr. Biden put on a lovely visit to the White House at Christmas. Love it!
Dr. Who?
@@caroltiller5116Dr. Jill Biden Ed.D, she has a doctoral degree in education so technically yes you could call her Doctor Jill Biden
Dr.? Not of Medicine. PHD. There is a difference.
That struck me as well. Very magical and child oriented.
I am glad they had Gold Star tree for Gold Families. DR. JILL did good in remembering our that we even had a military. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD HELP THIS NATION. I wrote you a whole paragraph but decided This isn’t really a time for politics. THIS IS THE TIME TO CELEBRATE THE CHRIST THAT IS IN CHRISTMAS.
Wonderful - here in Australia we don’t really do Christmas displays as extravagantly and I just loved it all.
I'd like to know how Australians "do" Christmas, especially since you're in the middle of summer. Do you have Santa? And how does he get around!
As Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere occurs in the summer season, for many the day is a day to spend at the beach.
On a fall visit to Australia while shopping I recall seeing, in a display of stationery, a calendar for the new year featuring a photo of Santa standing in a field of sunflowers.
Same here in New Zealand, my own place i just do the lounge and dinning room, the older i get im finding im not putting as much up as i have other years.
The decor nailed the wonderment and awe I felt as a small child seeing decorations for the first time. Every new display was a joy to behold. Well done and a much needed positive tribute to America! Thanks for the sneak preview.
My cousin is Aspen Bergmann. She leads a team of decorators that are chosen to decorate the White House. She did an amazing job on the rooms she and her team were chosen to decorate. She is selected every year for the honor.
The music was lovely and the really old books were great.
This is amazing. Absolutely beautiful and so much fun especially for the kids. This is what Christmas should be. I’ve never seen such beautiful Christmas decoration. Life music and all.
Thank you Jill.
That was so fantastic seeing all the decorations inside! That was special for me. Thank you Andrew for filming all those wonderful rooms! ❤❤
Beautiful! Enjoyment for all generations. Thanks for sharing
What a wonderful tour of the White House Christmas. My daughter had the pleasure of being one of the decorating volunteers this year. She said it was an amazing experience. These people work so hard in such a short few days to get this put together. Great job.
I’m sure it was amazing for your daughter to be part of this beautiful and memorable experience. Thank you daughter for being a volunteer and helping out in decorating, bringing so much joy to our White House and all of us. I’m sure it was a lot of fun and a memory she will hold dearly.
Thank you 🌲⭐️🎉
I have seen pictures of the White House but never a walk through tour. Combined with playful and honour to patriots in elegantly designed Christmas decorations, reflecting our President and First Lady are truly value the heart of our nation. Thank you Andrew for sharing the experience.
Thank you Andrew! This was a wonderful tour with all the meaningful decorations and really enjoyable music! Well done!
So grateful for this! You did a spectacular job. It felt like we were with you in person! I'd heard the First Lady wanted us to feel like children again when we experienced the decorations. I think she and her fabulous team of professionals and volunteers hit it out of the park! I felt like a child visiting the big department store windows downtown when I was a child. Just outstanding! Thank you again.
Like a child? Yikes! Grow up people this is not Candy Land.
@@deborahj.dirk-halley1850 I guess you don't have an inner child. A shame.
It is for grown-ups who are young at heart which evidently doesn't include you. You sound miserable. So sad@@deborahj.dirk-halley1850
Wow, Andrew! Well done! I've never seen the White House Christmas decorations so up close. You got some incredible shots. Thanks, P6!
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Excellent. Just wish you could have gotten a closer look at the Gingerbread House but great shots, thanks!
Totally waste citizen money.🎉
Thank you for showing every room and taking detail shots of the decorations. I thought they were beautiful! Loved the tree with the train. Some decorating were hand made. I make decorations for my house too. And so colorful!
Enchanting, the overall theme sincere homage to what America is on its pleasant capabilities . The trees in music orchestra were breathtaking, all sections for children will be a joy for them . The reflection of the First Lady Jill Biden on reading through history, For children is excellent .Thank you from UK.
What America is? What is that? Are you trying to be divisive or what? America never was anything. Remember that.
@@deborahj.dirk-halley1850I don't know where you live but it must be a really ugly place if the people can't say anything nice.
More people need to see this full tour of wondrous christmas splendour. It was a sublime bounty, a full feast for the eyes, that left every taste fulfilled. This is Christmas people! Not a single inflatable minion in sight.
Minion?? What's up with that?
@@deborahj.dirk-halley1850
Gru, minions ... it's a movie and now a Xmas inflatable
Gaudy, gaudy, gaudy...there isn't any breathing ro9m. Clutter everywhere. And that bed? OMG...
@@user-js3xe8wn4h they're displays or vignettes, no one is living in those rooms
But an awfully lot of money spent that América doesn't have because of Ukraine.
Just seeing each room in my mind without the decorations…!!! Praying for our country and its people……thanks so very much this tour was 😻
The theme First Lady Jill Biden chose this year is Christmas Through the Eyes of Children. The decor is done by Glitterville, a company from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Wow, the White House outdid itself this year! A Christmas wonderland! Decorations are just gorgeous, one gets a feeling of warmth and love. Sooo Beautiful....kudos to the Designers. Love it! 🎄🎀🎁
Many thanks for sharing our beautiful White House Christmas. Loved the live music too👍👍🎄❤️
Willy Wonka for sure
What great decorations... old school! I loved the military kids' ornaments... what a great idea.
Gawdy
Stunning…A CHILDRENS WONDERLAND…Love It
That was really beautiful! I've never seen the decorations before. Thank you!
Wow that was really beautiful I’ve never seen the White House decorated inside. Thank you so much 🎄
Wow! The White House inside looks like a beautiful Christmas fairytale! It is amazing what they do each year! Everyone must see this. 🎄✨✨
What a wonderful decorations!!! It's beautiful.
What a feast for the eyes! So much creativity like I’ve never seen before. The music was especially nice. So magical with all the delight that Christmas brings. Truly Stunning 🌟
I really enjoyed your tour of the White House Christmas decorations. They were fantastic. You really gave us the experience as if we were actually there.
Did it say, "Merry Christmas" anywhere?
Good footage, ty.
No
What would you expect from this fr_udulant ad_inistration?
It usually doesn’t. Hasn’t in the last three administrations.
The decorations spoke quite well for saying Merry Christmas without the need for a sign to say it.
@@CheriOnTheBayou Just because the person you supported didn't win the election doesn't make the one who did have a "fr_udulant ad_inistration," and only reveals that you are willfully bearing false witness which is a violation of the Ten Commandments.
Absolutely stunning and so playful. Spectacular!
So glad we can say Merry Chriatmas once again... ;-) ! Thanks Joe and Jill for spectacular celebration of the Season! ... and to all the dedicated White House Staff and Volunteers for months of work...
Wow.... now this is truly how the White House should be decorated. Kudos to all who participated in the decorating. Very well done. Merry Christmas to the Biden family and all of America.
I saw some vintage Christmas ornaments ad vintage candlestick holders on the 1 Christmas tree that we also have. I was given my great grandmother's extensive Victorian Christmas decorations that adorned the Historic Rowe hom in Milford Michigan. The Rowe home was also my family home. 🎅❤🎅
Cool! The only advice I have is to not use the vintage candlestick holders with lit candles that go on the tree on your tree. Anyways, have a Merry Christmas!!!
Each decoration is so fantastic!! Colors, music, I realy enjoy!! Thanks for the tour!!
Beautiful Christmas decorations. Thanks for the sneak peak!🎄🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄
Thoroughly enjoyed seeing so much up close including the China, books etc.
The Green Room was the most elegant place in the People’s House. The rest of it looked like Disney on steroids.
More like some horror - driven Willy Wonka Nightmare!
Thanks Andrew for taking us on the tours... you’re the best!
Awesome decorations...kids will love them!!!
Great filming of such a beautiful place! The portraits of Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Ford, as you first walked in, were lovely.
That was so much fun - thanks very much for showing us all the decorations! ❤🎄
Thank you. That's very kind. I use all the donations to pay for Christmas care packages for the homeless so you should see your money in use in a few weeks. Thanks again.
@@Penguinsix I think you have enough subscribers that you could do some "fundraising" videos then TH-cam does not take a cent, unlike they do with Super Chats. Just a thought.
Thanks Andrew for allowing us to be able to see the spectacular things through the lens of your camera, things that we as your long time viewers would never get to see. Absolutely stunning….
What a lovely walk. Merry Christmas!
Congratulations on your fabulous photography. You did a wonderful job. These decorations were simply breathtaking. So very traditional and special....simply delightful and inspiring. Very impressed with the joyous vibe it was putting off. So family oriented. The Marine Corps band was marvelous. Music throughout was spectacular. Thank you so much! Your photography was precisely beautiful.....job well done. May God Bless all. Sincerely, Debbie and Dexter-Dog my sweet tiny rescued Chihuahua companion living a quiet crafty life in southern California.
I never realized it was on multiple floors. That was fun to see it all done. I watch the HGTV show every year and this helps put it in perspective. What a treat. Thanks…
Wow what a beautiful tour of the Whitehouse. Never seen so many decorated Christmas trees in one place. It’s like going into a fantasy world.
So much of it look like a child's story book, so much COLOURS ALSO I THINK MRS KENNEDY ,AN MRS JOHNSON HAD DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR BY HAVE ALOT OF COLOURS AN OBJECTS ON DISPLAY❤❤❤ BEAUTIFUL DONE😊😊
I love to see how they decorate every year. This is stunning. The children will love it ❤
The more children that come, the more children Joe can sniff, right?
Thank you! This was a great video! You really got all the good shots. I felt like I was there. 🎄
LOVE THIS!!!! Thank~you for sharing this!
Thanks for the grand tour of the White House. May you and yours have a great holiday !!
Good afternoon Andrew,
Thank you for this lovely video it was an eye opener,
I really like all your videos and appreciate all your time you put into making them
I send you my best wishes for Christmas and the New year
From here in Australia
Beautifully done. A sense of family and old traditions in the displays, something that seems to get lost over time. The ornaments made by the military children were really good! The addition of the musical ensembles added to the sense of family Christmas. Overall it was awesome. Great video. Thanks for sharing P6. ❤
Thanks for the thorough tour! Lingering for a few moments on more of the trees and displays would have been a bonus.
Thank you, Andrew for this. The decorations are truly brilliant and appreciate you for bringing them to us. And the music.
Beautiful! Thank you!
The inside tour was beautiful and really put me in a Christmas mood.
I admire the whole scenery simply gorgeous WOW❤ We love it. A truly wonderful fairy land line with every children's dream and a dash of historic memories from ourt past ❤
This was wonderful! Thank you so very much!!
Thanks for taking us along. Very different from previous years. Very nice.
You seemed surprised by the nativity. It has been put up since 1967. in the niche of the east room. Usually, the niche is curtained off. The East Room features a Neapolitan crèche, or Nativity scene, with over 40 figurines, most dating back to the eighteenth century. The crèche has been displayed during every White House holiday season since 1967. Good pictures and I love these decorations this year. But good tour and I thank you.
Thanks for giving some background to the Nativity display.
Wow... I thought I went overboard on decorating this year... They really spare no expense, I feel like such a peasant.
It’s the taxpayer’s money!
Thank You! This was amazing! Beautiful! Fantastic! :)
It was wonderful of you to share this experience. I was impressed by the Nativity scene and the Gold Star tree. Again thanks and enjoy your holiday. 🌲🎅
What an honor to be invited inside the WH. Quite the wow factor. 🎄
Seems someone has a sweet tooth. 😁A lot of interest in those jars of candy. 🍬 🍭
Thanks for the lovely tour!!!💖🎄🎉
"Merry Christmas",
Andrew.
You are the best!
Details ... & on time.
Many Blessings
November 29, 20023 : Wednesday.
Already given my news on the views, I so feeling nostalgic here being a widow, no, not a merry one, but a poor one, understand tku 1 cheers all good wishes for the New Year 2024
Compliments of the Season and hoping the New Year 2024 will be a jolly good one, so cheers! once again
Beautiful and tastefully done. Mrs Biden’s vision came to life amazingly well. Merry Christmas and thank you for the tour.
You’re right, but I think God is happy to see us enjoy the beauty of the decorations used to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
@@sandrahenson1843 The Wh Hs belongs to people of many religions and represents separation of church and state.
Andrew- Thank you for this video. I loved it! The Gold Star Tree in honor of our military is beautiful. I loved the licorice dog- that is the Biden's dog, right? Was that entire arrangement made of licorice? It was tooo pretty to eat. The room with the White House China and gingerbread was beautiful. The Nativity was beautiful. I would love to be able to put up a Christmas tree in every room of my house. All the trees here are toooooo beautiful- all unique and different. My favorite tree was the Blue Room with the train. Are the musicians military people also? Mrs Biden looked good in her ice-cicle blue pantsuit. Again, thank you for sharing this video.
Wow love this kind of videos, we appreciate this moments of joy and beauty. Happy holidays!!
Now this says CHRISTMAS! Everything is so bright and beautiful! And I love the TOYS FOR TOTS theme. There's so much color and wonder. It's a combination of Christmas, Toyland, and Fairyland. Oh to be a child and see that! Thank you for this tour!!
Beautiful Christmas displays in each room. Bring back such Wonderful Holidays Memories and for young children today.
Thank You for
showing us the Christmas decorations at the White House. Beautiful 🎄
I really enjoyed the tour, Merry Christmas!
Very kid friendly this year... the kids would love all the colorful decorations.
Beautiful nativity scene and loved the old cloth books. The rest is great for children. Will Navy get to see it?
The decorations looks very Beautiful!!👌🎄🎄♥️♥️
Thank you for your time making this. This is the most beautiful White house Christmas I have ever seen. Thank you again for your great service and great video's
Thank you for a refreshing look at the Christmas theme inside the WH, sure does get one in the holiday spirit. Cheers P6, see you next time 🍻
Bravo! Well done! I truly enjoyed the White House Christmas decorations. It's so very beautifully done and thank you for taking us along.
I love the overhead decorations - the entry foliage, lites and candy hanging from the ceiling....
wendy uk
lovely to see the white house decorations from here in england.Thank you for the video it was beautiful.😊
Thank you! That put me in the holiday spirit especially with snow falling here. 😊
I've never seen the White House so over-the-top decorated for Christmas. Wow!
Spectacularly Beautiful! 🎄🎄🎅💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you Andrew, I didn't have any idea they did this much. We usually just see the Christmas 🎄 tree.
Because you never cared to see or know. Convenient...
Look up the year JFK was killed.
The White House Ladies Society met across the Street and after the Johnsons went to bed came in and on the Qt decorated the whole house including the private quarteers with the help of the Whitehouse Chief Usher, you can find the Whitehouse Photographer's ahots of Lady Byrd coming down in her Bath Robe and seeing it for the first Time.
Also was in Lady Byrd's published memoir.
@@Lanedl1we all need more Christmas in our lives!😊
@@dannyboy160…..Ho Ho Hummm 🥱, Friend. 🐶😊
Understated decorations compared to prior years.
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE HE IS COMING BACK REPENT AND BELIEVE ON JESUS CHRIST
Have you ever led anyone to Jesus? I have and find that this kind of inappropriate remark on a show like this is awful. It doesn’t bring glory to our Lord. How about I share….. you need to Worship Buddha and get Zen. Now tell me what is different on what you share yelling by the way…. I admonish you to simply ask the Holy Spirit and ask Him to lead you… then watch what HE does…. God bless and pray for endurance during tribulation time.
I agree with you 💯 percent.This is why we should put an end to racism, because we are all part of the HUMAN RACE FOR GOODNESS SAKE!✝️🙏💕
Good god, why don't you try having a little fun in the life that god has granted you.
True Jesus is the reason for the season but there is a separation of church and state. The decorations are beautiful and tasteful.
Hallelujah!! 🙏🏻✨🙏🏻✨🙏🏻✨🙏🏻✨🙏🏻✨🙏🏻✨🙏🏻
Beautiful hallway. Much better than blood red. Kudos to The First Lady👏👏👏Magnificent!
Thank you showing the White House
Wonderful! I'd really like a chance to inspect those china cabinets! Merry Christmas, White House, and peace to us all! ☮️
Wow, that was stunning. I loved the Gold Star tree and the display of books. So many lovely touches. It was nice to see Rosalyn Carter's portrait framed in black. The Marines made beautiful music. Blessings to you and your family.
Beautiful! 🩷 it. Thank you so much for taking us with you. It was outstanding..the music was beautiful and the finishing touch.
What a lovely celebration.