This year, you may want to rethink the way you’ve been stringing your Christmas tree lights. If you’re tired of the hassle of walking in endless circles around your tree to string up your lights, why not try lighting your tree vertically instead?

On Tuesday night, the 80-foot-tall Christmas tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol was lit, marking another sign of the unofficial start of the holiday season. The tree, which was driven by two truck drivers from Alaska,

Watch as 4th grader Rose Burke lights the Capitol Christmas Tree in D.C. Burke received the honor to light the tree after winning an essay contest. The tree is an 80-foot Alaskan Sitka spruce from Tongass National Forest.