This holiday season is filled with everything from gifts to Santa Claus – if you have been waiting to go on vacation during the holiday season, I can promise that you will want to go to Washington D.C.  Right around December 3rd is the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony – and I can promise it is a sight to see.

Not only will you get to see President Obama, but you will also get to see the beautiful tree light up right in front of your eyes.  This year’s tree is actually the most energy-efficient tree in the 86-year old tradition of the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony … and it is all due to Obama.

Also, it is a beautiful sight to see, the tree is spectacular and I can promise that the music is awesome too – and the speech!

Right around the holidays, have you ever noticed that a lot of hotels actually test their chefs and make them come up with interesting and unique things for the holiday season.  The Westin St. Francis tops it though, this is actually 70 pounds of gingerbread, hundreds of pounds of sugar, sixty pounds of flour and finally so much candy it could rot your teeth straight away if you ate it all.

This is a twelve-foot holiday sugar castle and I have to say that it looks absolutely beautiful … and good enough to eat!  For the last four years, the Westin St. Francis and Houdre, the chef at the Westin St. Francis have built this castle to be on display and it is pretty awesome.

There are a ton of different windows to peek into and 30 different rooms.  The weight?  Right around twelve hundred pounds and it is so worth it!