First lady Jill Biden will welcome the 2023 National Christmas Tree to the White House on Monday afternoon.

Biden will welcome the White House tree at the Ellipse with military families in attendance. The National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place in President’s Park in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30.

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The tree lighting has been a tradition since 1923 when then-President Calvin Coolidge lit 2,500 light bulbs around the first National Christmas Tree, according to the National Park Service.

The previous National Christmas Tree, which was planted on Oct. 30, 2021, was replaced this year due to needle cast on Nov. 11, the NPS said in a release. Needle cast is a fungal disease that causes needles to turn brown and fall off.

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The Christmas tree that will be welcomed by the first lady on Monday is a cut 40-foot Norway spruce from Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The NPS partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for the first time to bring a tree to the Ellipse.

Biden will welcome the National Christmas Tree at 3 p.m. Eastern time.