Natl Park Service distributing tickets for White House Xmas Tree Lighting online

[HopeOverFear]

http://www.nps.gov/whho/index.htm

2009 Lighting of the National Christmas Tree

The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation have announced the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Thursday, Decemebr 3, 2009, at 5:00 p.m., on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. This year, the event will introduce a new lottery system for the general public, providing a chance to obtain free tickets to the ceremony.

The new online lottery will be available beginning at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Wednesday, November 4th (or 11:01 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST), 10:01 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) and 9:01 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Tuesday, November 3rd). The ticket lottery remains open through 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, November 6th (or 10:59 p.m. CST, 9:59 p.m. MST and 8:59 p.m. PST on Friday evening, November 6th), by going to www.thenationaltree.org and following the link to the online ticket lottery application page at www.recreation.gov . The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony marks the opening of the four-week event sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official charitable partner of America’s National Parks.

The lottery at www.thenationaltree.org will include 2,800 ticketed seats and 7,000 standing room tickets. The website will contain all necessary information to apply for 2009 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony tickets. Additionally, any ticket seeker without access to a computer may also call (877-444-6777 or for TDD [phone]) beginning Wednesday, November 4th through Friday, November 6th to place their name into the lottery. Once the lottery is completed, ticket lottery seekers who submitted their request via computer will be notified via email. Successful ticket seekers who applied by calling the above-listed number will receive a notice sent via U.S. Mail. Beginning on November 9, 2009 all ticket seekers may check the status of their request online or through the call center after conclusion of the lottery.

The tickets are free and may not be sold.

[alsame]

1. HOF, that's for 2008!! The 2009 info is in your link. nt

[HopeOverFear]

2. whoops! LOL

[alsame]

5. Yeah, we don't need any Bush Christmas flashbacks, LOL.

[HopeOverFear]

6. Why, what happened?

[alsame]

8. Nothing happened, just the memory of Bush in the

WH is enough to make me cringe.

[HopeOverFear]

9. ah...understood lol

[hileeopnyn8d]

3. Do they have the date wrong?

It says Saturday November 1st, today is the sixth. I wonder if they mean December?

[HopeOverFear]

4. I corrected it.

[Cha]

7. Interesting..

Do you know how this has worked in years past?

[HopeOverFear]

10. this is the first time they've held an online lottery for tickets

that's about all I know of this.

[Cha]

11. Leave it to the Obama admin

to be thinking of the peeps participation.

[Hutzpa]

12. Do you have to sign up before you can

get the ticket? :shrug: