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Jill Biden unveils White House ice rink
View Date:2024-12-23 18:39:32
First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday unveiled an ice rink on the White House South Lawn as a part of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue's holiday display.
Dr. Biden, wearing boots out on the ice, recalled that when she was a child, she and her sisters loved to skate on the Delaware River.
"What's more magical and wonderful and joyful than being on an ice rink in the South Lawn of the White House?" she said.
The rink won't be open to the general public, but the White House says children of military families, frontline workers, first responders and local school children will be invited to skate during December.
At the White House to mark the opening of the rink was Brian Boitano, the 1988 U.S. Olympic and World champion, and Snoopy, the famous beagle from Peanuts.
The Bidens aren't the the first presidential family to have an ice rink on the White House grounds.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter also had an ice rink built on the South Lawn, according to the Associated Press. Rosalynn Carter was buried Wednesday in Plains, Georgia, after she died over the weekend at the age of 96.
This year's holiday theme at the White House is embracing your inner child and experiencing the magic, joy and wonder of the season. The White House now features 98 Christmas trees, more than 142,000 lights, and nearly 34,000 ornaments.
"Children have something to teach us, if we are wise enough to listen," the first lady said when she revealed the display on Monday. "How to remain present, even as a busy world beckons us. How to open ourselves up to love and wonder and to marvel at every moment, no matter how ordinary."
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, D.C.
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