Native North Carolinian

In 2005, the General Assembly adopted the Fraser Fir (named after a Scottish Botanist) as the official Christmas Tree for the state of North Carolina. It can take up to 12 years for one of these trees to reach a salable height, And has been chosen as the White House Christmas Tree 9 times since 1971. It was a group of students from at Harris Middle School in Spruce Pine that bought this tree up to the legislature as a potential state symbol. You can click here for more Fraser Fir Facts.

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