2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, hosted by the Architect of the Capitol in coordination with the U.S. Speaker of the House, took place on December 2, 2025.

Knight-Swift driver Michael Porter transported the 2025 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in a Kenworth T680 from its harvest site in Nevada to the U.S. Capitol during a 3,700-mile cross-country journey that included 15 stops in communities across the country.

Kenworth provided a specially decaled T680 designed to celebrate the “Spirit of the Silver State” with a background of the sunset overlooking Nevada’s National Forest.

The Kenworth T680 is equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the PACCAR Powertrain featuring the PACCAR MX-13, PACCAR TX-12 automated transmission and PACCAR DX-40 tandem rear axles. For the second year, real-time GPS location tracking of the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was provided by Kenworth’s TruckTech+ connected truck technology.

For the past 12 years, Kenworth has been a major sponsor of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree program, supplying trucks to haul the special tree each holiday season. This year’s tree was a 53-foot red fir affectionately nicknamed “Silver Belle” harvested from Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Kenworth Truck Company, founded in 1923, specializes in the design and manufacture of The World’s Best® heavy- and medium-duty trucks. As a leader in the development of advanced clean diesel powertrains, zero and near-zero emissions vehicles, connected truck technologies and advanced driver assistance systems, Kenworth is creating transportation solutions to drive a better world. Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth is a PACCAR company.