Jill Biden Welcomes ‘Tree-mendous’ Official White House Christmas Tree
Towering 25-foot Fraser fir brings hope and renewal for the season and for storm-ravaged North Carolina.
The green, horse-drawn carriage steered by men in black top hats and suits rolled to a stop Monday afternoon in front of the North Portico of the White House. Spilling out the back was a loosely bound, tethered 25-foot-tall Fraser fir from the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
To a rendition of “O Christmas Tree” played by the military band, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, dressed in a red pantsuit, greeted guests and welcomed the official White House Christmas tree for the last time alongside her grandson, Beau, and military families from the North Carolina National Guard.
This year’s Christmas tree carries a poignant message from the Appalachian hills that grow most of the Fraser firs sold in America. The region was devastated in the fall by a tropical storm that spun out of Hurricane He…
