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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/74VPs.St.138.jpeg|388The annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/18Rr49.St.138.jpeg|525The annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/1eix4z.St.138.jpeg|525WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) speaks during the lighting ceremony of the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/1djHSp.St.138.jpeg|425WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Soloist Lindsay Lawler (3rd L) performs with her group during the lighting ceremony of the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/28/12ZUCK.St.138.jpeg|443WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (R) lights up the 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree with Ryan Shuster (L), a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/30/vr956.St.138.jpeg|392The annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/17EuKE.St.138.jpeg|415The annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/PA6JA.St.138.jpeg|415The annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/29/b31Xj.St.138.jpeg|525WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: The 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree is seen after U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) lit it up with Ryan Shuster, a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/28/1grL8s.St.138.jpeg|416WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: The 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree is seen after U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) lit it up with Ryan Shuster, a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/04/23/28/Ofc40.St.138.jpeg|416WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: The 2012 Capitol Christmas Tree is seen after U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) lit it up with Ryan Shuster, a senior at Discovery Canyon Campus in Colorado Spring, Colorado, December 4, 2012 at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The year's tree is a 65-foot Engelmann spruce from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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