Obama lights National Christmas Tree

The tree will remain lit from dusk until 11 p.m. each night during the holiday season. One soldier told us he’s looking forward to continuing an old family tradition.

Wilson decorated the Heroe’s Tree this year – just as she has done in the past under former Governor’s Almond and Cacieri.

When picking an artificial tree, be sure it is labeled, certified or identified by the manufacturer as fire retardant.

“How about that rain?” she asked the sparse crowd assembled in front of the enormous Christmas Tree in Sugden Plaza. The White House recognized Trees for Troops in 2012 as a top 20 national finalist in the Joining Forces Community Challenge.

“Every tree here has to be sheered at least once a year and several of them have to be sheered at least twice a year”. “We were so lucky!”

Big Red can be purchased at participating grocery and convenience stores where a portion of the purchase is donated to Troops for Trees.

Piper Mountain Christmas trees packed up 300 trees this morning for “Trees for Troops”.

Trees from Bolton Christmas Trees, Unit 1A Fishbrook Industrial Estate, Roscow Road, Kearsley, are grown in 300 acre fields in the Scottish highlands.

A normal Christmas tree can require as much as a gallon of water a day, and West Coast farms simply haven’t been able to supply that during the historic drought.

For the workers and the families buying trees, it is all worth it to bring Christmas together. Tree varieties include Fraser fir, noble fir, scotch pine and blue spruce.

At Sposato’s tree farm in Milton, you can actually watch Shelly and the staff create colorful Christmas wreaths right on the spot. This style makes it easy for one person to make adjustments to get the tree straight in a vertical position.

The William C. Whitner statue is decorated with a red bow and hat while visitors for the annual tree lighting gather in downtown Anderson. The star is 9.5 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet deep.

They were inspired by one of their members who presented an article at a meeting that talked about how the United States sets aside a whole week for the industry.