Melania Trump has continued a decades-old first lady tradition of visiting with hospitalized children for the holidays

President Donald Trump let first lady Melania Trump light the National Christmas Tree at a ceremony in the nation’s capital Thursday evening. The ceremony began at 6 p.m. ET and the Beach Boys and Alana Springsteen were scheduled to perform near the ceremony.

EXCLUSIVE: The First Lady shared a brief chat with a young patient at the Children's National Hospital while she continued a tradition first started by Bess Truman back in 1945

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Monday unveiled the White House holiday decorations and her theme is “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” her first since she resumed the role of first lady. Her decor also nods to next year’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and founding of the United States of America.

President Trump said his wife, first lady Melania Trump, isn't thrilled about the noise from the construction of his massive White House ballroom.

First lady Melania Trump's 2025 White House Christmas decorations include more than 50 trees, 10,000 blue butterflies, and Lego portraits of Presidents Donald Trump and George Washington