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White House Christmas Tree Arrives, Despite Rain
posted 5:08 pm Sun November 30, 2008
WASHINGTON - First lady Laura Bush kicked off the holiday season today by standing out in the rain to receive this year's White House Christmas tree.
A horse-drawn wagon pulled the 20-foot Fraser fir, which will decorate the Blue Room, up to the White House. Bush was waiting under an umbrella.
Jessie Davis and Russell Estes, owners of River Ridge Tree Farms in Crumpler, North Carolina, where the tree was grown, joined the first lady, along with their families. 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, according to the North Carolina Farm Bureau.
Bush says this year's holiday decorating theme would be announced later this week.
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