A 30-foot-tall fir tree from Wisconsin has been selected to decorate the center of the White House Blue Room this holiday season, and it’s from a familiar source, according to a report by Wisconsin Public Radio.
The tree represents the fourth time Silent Night Evergreens, an Endeavor farm owned by the Chapman family, has donated a Christmas tree to the White House.
The Blue Room Christmas Tree tradition began in 1912 when the children of President William Howard Taft placed a Christmas tree there, and it became an annual tradition in the 1960s at the suggestion of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Tree farmers must win two competitions, starting with a state contest, to qualify for the national competition.
