Here’s a story you probably wouldn’t get from the media. The National Christmas Tree, behind the White House will be lit through the government shut down thanks to private donations from The National Park Foundation. No matter how hard Democrats try to shit on Christmas, they got destroyed every time.
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The National Christmas Tree that sits behind the White House will be reopened to the public on Monday after becoming an unfortunate totem of Washington’s political dysfunction when it went dark over the weekend amid the federal shutdown.
The tree and its lighting had been damaged by a rogue climber on Friday, and it was unclear whether it would be fixed in time for the holiday.
But the private sector stepped in when the federal government could not.
The National Park Foundation, a nonprofit that is the official charity to help private money improve the national park system, gave the National Park Service enough money both to investigate the damage caused by the climber, and keep the park open and lighted through Jan. 1, it announced Monday.