Another North Carolina tree has found its way to the nation's capital to enjoy its final days as the official White House Christmas tree.
"A horse-drawn wagon pulled the 20-foot Fraser fir up to the White House on Sunday as [Laura] Bush was waiting under an umbrella. The tree will decorate the Blue Room," says the AP.
"Jessie Davis and Russell Estes, owners of River Ridge Tree Farms in Crumpler, N.C., where the tree was grown, joined the first lady, along with their families.
"The North Carolina Farm Bureau says River Ridge also will provide about 25 smaller trees for the White House, including the ones for the offices of the president and vice president."
Across the state, tree farmers are hoping for a good sales season, despite the slumping recession.
"Consumers are telling us that they won't have as much under the Christmas tree this year, but they will have a tree," Linda Gragg, director of the N.C. Christmas Tree Association, told the News & Observer.
So far, so good for tree sales.
"After one weekend, Christmas tree farms in western North Carolina appear to be standing tall in the face of a struggling economy.
"The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that farmers enjoyed a good opening weekend, and one official representing growers expects this year to be as good as 2007."
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