A 25-foot (7.62-meter) concolor fir selected for display as the White House’s Christmas tree was cut down, baled and loaded onto the back of a truck Tuesday at the Michigan farm where it was grown.
Korson’s Tree Farms in Sidney Township, about 241 kilometers northwest of Detroit, won a nationwide contest to supply the tree that will take up residence in the Blue Room.
It’s to arrive on at the president’s home on Monday.
The family business has grown trees since the 1970s and this is its sixth time in the National Christmas Tree Association's competition. Korson said the farm was proud to represent the real Christmas tree industry.
