Washington, DC

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone enjoys their holidays. If you are looking for something to do with the family over the holidays or to escape the family in D.C., then check out the things below that I have posted about Christmas in the past month.

National Christmas Tree and State Trees on the White House Ellipse: I originally wrote about this here. I have seen it both at night and in the daylight this year and both times it was fun. It is of course more fun in the daylight if the weather is cold, but either way stop by the Yule Log to warm up if you get cold.

My favorite holiday thing in D.C., though, is the holiday display at the United States Botanic Gardens. The replicas of different D.C. buildings are made out of different plant sources. They are all quite amazing, especially mixed with the different poinsetta plants. The holiday train display out front of the gardens is also spectacular to see and a big hit with the little ones. For trains lovers you may also want to check out the train display at Union Station.

There is also the Capital Christmas Tree, Zoo Lights, and the Holidays at Mount Vernon that I wrote about here.

Now for something D.C. related you can do nationwide this Christmas is go see National Treasure: Book of Secrets featuring scenes set in D.C. as part of this treasure hunt related to missing pages in Booth’s diary.

Christmas, White House, Merry Christmas, holiday, D.C.