White House Christmas tree lighting will cost taxpayers $139,000, live audience returns

Published November 28, 2021 12:00am ET



Lighting the national Christmas tree at the White House will cost taxpayers $139,000 this year, according to a report.

The total was discovered in documents obtained by TMZ. The sum total is less expensive than 2019’s pre-pandemic Christmas tree, which cost roughly $160,000 under the Trump administration, according to the outlet.

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