Christmas at the White House

Tonight I'm watching Christmas at the White House on ABC Primetime with Oprah...here are a couple of fun facts from the show:


1. The annual White House gingerbread house this year is 390 pounds. 140 is of gingerbread and 250 is of the white chocolate. The house itself took over 6 months to design.

2. The Blue Room Christmas tree (visible from the White House windows) is currently over 18 feet tall and took 15 years to grow in West Virginia.

3. On the Blue Room Christmas tree, there are about 800 ornaments the Obama's sent to various towns, villages, etc. around the country for the citizens to decorate and then send back for the ornament to be hung on the tree.

4. In traditional White House fashion, the Blue Room Christmas tree is brought into the White House yard via horse-drawn carriage.



Also, in the newspaper a couple of days ago, I found some cook facts about "Santa".


1. Professional Santas who go to the malls can demand up to $250 an hour for one-time visits. They will make an average of $8000 for an entire holiday season.

2. The average mall Santa will have about 100 children sit on their laps a day.

3. Each Santa that is hired by either "talent" agencies or malls MUST pass a background check to make sure they are allowed around children.