Christmas season has officially started at the White House. A 20-foot Christmas tree arrived Friday morning receiving a thumbs-up from First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha.

A horse-drawn wagon hauled the White Fir tree up the driveway to the North Portico while a small military band played the carol, "O Christmas Tree." 

It will be trimmed to fit in the Blue Room and will stand as the main attraction throughout the White House holiday season.

The Christmas tree was presented by the Botek Family from Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, where it was grown by Chris Botek, a second generation Christmas Tree farmer and the 2014 champion of the National Christmas Tree contest, according to NBC News.

Each year, the tree is chosen weeks in advance from whichever farm wins the contest. The Botek Family presented the Christmas tree in 2010 and in 2006.

Since 1966, the winner of the contest has presented the tree to the White House and it is tradition for the First Lady to receive it and inspect it on the morning after Thanksgiving.

The National Christmas Tree Association also holds contests every year for the best wreaths with two categories of decorated and undecorated. There are more than 700 active member farms in the organization.

This year, a group of White House employees went to the farm in late September to find a tree big enough to reach the Blue Room's ceiling that is 18 and a half feet off the ground.

For the next few days, volunteers will be at work helping to trim the tree and decorate the White House for the season.

Many of the decorations honor military families, a group that Michelle Obama is trying to support through a nationwide initiative, according to Yahoo! News.

Military families will take a look at the decorations Wednesday.