Source: WNCT, 7/8/22

It’ll really be Christmas in July come this Tuesday. Officials from the U.S. Capitol will be in Asheville on Tuesday to select “The People’s Tree,” the tree that will reside at the U.S. Capitol during the Christmas holiday. The process is part of a 52-year tradition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. “The People’s Tree,” nicknamed in like with the U.S. House of Representatives — which has the nickname “The People’s House” — is scheduled to be selected from the Pisgah National Forest by Jim Kaufmann, director of the Capitol Grounds...

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