National Christmas Tree to Come from NC
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News, Wilkes, Wilkes County, Wilkesboro
For the third time in the past four years, a North Carolina Christmas tree farm has won the right to provide the White House Christmas tree. Rusty Estes and Jessie Davis of River Ridge Tree Farms in Ashe County won the National Christmas Tree Grand Championship held as part of the National Christmas Tree Association's annual meeting, which ended Saturday. They're scheduled to provide the Christmas tree for the White House Blue Room this season. It will be the 11th time since the program started in 1966 that a North Carolina tree will be in the place of honor in the White House.
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Wilkes County News @ August 19, 2008
