
2024
The most comprehensive history of the National Christmas Tree.
A Ken Burns-style documentary exploring the first 100 years of our National Christmas Tree. On Christmas Eve 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, just south of the White House. We follow the tree through its first 100 years, where it served as a backdrop to many events in our nation's history. We meet the designers and learn their process of lighting our federal fir each year. Available to view here: https://odiesnoutproductions.vhx.tv/

Mike Stoudt
Narrator

Debbie George
National Christmas Tree Designer

Kathy Presciano
National Christmas Tree Designer 1995-2008

Sue Hart Jolly
Daughter of National Christmas Tree designer, Al Hart

Marie LaGiusa Carr
Daughter of National Christmas Tree designer, Frank LaGiusa

Kathy Hargrove Kelly
Daughter of National Christmas Tree designer, Earl Hargrove, Jr

Mary Beth Gotti
GE Lighting Engineer

Terry McGowan
GE Lighting Engineer

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Unwrapping of Christmas

Glory

Heart Mountain: Three Years in a Relocation Center

Tanforan: Race Track to Assembly Center

The Santa Clause

Unaccompanied Minors

What Gatsby Saw

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Gangs of New York

Christmas with the Kranks

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Shrek the Halls

Deck the Halls

Henry Ford, l'inventeur du siècle américain

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

8-Bit Christmas

Biden's Decision

The National Tree

Grass