As part of Christmas on the Potomac, the Gaylord National Resort’s ICE! is a special holiday event in the Washington DC area we didn’t want to miss! The 2013 edition of ICE! features ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’, which brings the classic holiday poem to life in TWO-MILLION POUNDS of hand-carved ice. ICE! features an all-new bonus scene: “Christmas in New York City.” The attraction moves to a new location this year with access from inside the hotel’s 19-story atrium. Here is the Christmas tree carved from ice.