United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the countdown to the annual tree lighting outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Tuesday night.
Pelosi was joined by a 9-year-old boy from the Cherokee tribe in North Carolina to light the 78-foot Christmas tree.
The boy said he applied to be this year’s youth tree lighter so he could share his tribe’s culture with people from across the country.
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