WASHINGTON (AP) β House Speaker John Boehner says Christmas is a time to rediscover “the glory of God’s love.”
Boehner presided at Tuesday’s lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree, an 88-foot spruce from Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest.
Senator Al Franken said one of tree’s 10,000 ornaments, a Native American dream catcher, is believed to “catch all the bad dreams and thoughts while letting only positive thoughts come true.” The Minnesota Democrat said that’s “a good sentiment for the holiday season.”
It was left to Boehner to remind the crowd that on the first Christmas, an angel appeared announcing the birth of “a savior, which is Christ the Lord.”
The National Christmas Tree will be lit Thursday on the Ellipse outside the White House in a ceremony attended by President Barack Obama.
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