The official White House Christmas tree is still delivered in a horse-drawn carriage with drivers in top hats and tuxes.
This year's tree comes from the Smith family of the Mountain Top Fraser Fir farm in Newland, North Carolina.
Larry Smith also grew a tree for the vice president's residence in 2001.
The Trumps inspected the tree when it arrived.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdNorth Carolina has produced more White House Christmas trees than any other state. This is the 14th.
The tree has to be 18 to 19 feet tall in order to fit in the Blue Room.
It took a dozen National Park Service staff to haul the massive tree inside.
This year's Fraser Fir is 19 1/2 feet tall.
Every year, they have to remove the chandelier from the Blue Room so the tree can fit.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdPresident William H. Taft's children put the first Christmas tree in the Blue Room in 1912.
The tree is just the first, big step in holiday decorating. Thousands of volunteers will transform the White House over the coming days for visitors, staff, and the first family to enjoy.