The White House has selected its official Christmas tree for the 2026 holiday season.
White House superintendent Dale Haney visited Silent Night Evergreens in Endeavor, Wisconsin, on Monday to choose the tree that will be displayed in the White House Blue Room during the holidays.
Haney selected a concolor fir standing about 30 feet tall from two finalist trees at the farm. The tree will be trimmed to roughly 18.5 feet before it is installed inside the White House.
“We want that perfect tree for that cause it’s Christmas for the White House,” Haney told NBC affiliate WMTV 15. “That’s the tree that does it all. You know we have over 100 thousand visitors in there every Christmas season.”
Silent Night Evergreens earned the honor after winning the National Christmas Tree Association’s 2026 Grand Champion Grower contest. The farm is operated by the Chapman family, which has now been chosen to provide the White House Christmas tree for the fourth time.
The selected tree will remain on the farm until it is harvested in November. Members of the Chapman family will then travel to Washington, D.C., to celebrate its arrival at the White House.
The National Christmas Tree Association has supplied the official White House Christmas tree through its annual grower competition since 1966, with winning farms earning the opportunity to provide the Blue Room centerpiece.
Wisconsin has a long history in the tradition. According to the White House Historical Association, multiple Blue Room Christmas trees have come from the state since 1961.
