Скачать или смотреть Concolor fir selected as this year’s White House Christmas tree is cut down, baled at Michigan farm

(18 Nov 2025)
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Sidney Township, Michigan – 18 November 2025
1. UPSOUND The White House Christmas tree is cut down with a person yelling (English) "timber"
2. Various of a person using a chainsaw to trim the bottom of the tree
3. Various of a sign that indicates Korson’s Tree Farms is the winner of the contest to provide the White House Christmas tree
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rex Korson, Korson’s Tree Farms owner:
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“The National Christmas Tree Association has their tree contest, and they have it every other year. The winner of the contest earns the right to provide the official White House Christmas tree that goes in the Blue Room. We have competed in the national contest -- this is the sixth time that we've competed. In 2015, we had the reserve grand champion tree. So, we presented a tree that went to the vice president.”
5. Various of the tree being loaded onto a machine and lifted
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rex Korson, Korson’s Tree Farms owner:
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“Going back to the summer after winning the contest and immediately your focus shifts to, ‘OK, what's next? Now, we need to find a tree large enough to fit the standard for what they need for the White House and for the Blue Room.’ And so, yeah, it's been pretty exciting, pretty surreal.”
7. Various of the standing tree
8. Various of the tree being loaded onto a truck
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Rex Korson, Korson’s Tree Farms owner:
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“It's a concolor fir. One of the features that they really liked about it was the color of the tree. It's a dark green tree. We're very honored and very proud to be able to represent the real Christmas tree industry.”
10. Various of the tree being driven off the property
STORYLINE:
A 25-foot (7.62-meter) concolor fir selected for display as the White House’s Christmas tree was cut down, baled and loaded onto the back of a truck Tuesday at the Michigan farm where it was grown.

Korson’s Tree Farms in Sidney Township, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, won a nationwide contest to supply the tree that will take up residence in the Blue Room.

It’s to arrive at the president’s home on Monday.

“It's been pretty exciting, pretty surreal,” said Rex Korson, owner of the family business that has been growing trees since the 1970s.

Someone yelled “timber” as a chainsaw was used to fell the tree, which Korson’s employees then cut down to about 19.5 feet (5.9 meters).

This marks the sixth time Korson’s has competed in the National Christmas Tree Association’s contest.

“In 2015, we had the reserve grand champion tree. So, we presented a tree that went to the vice president,” said Korson, whose farm has 1,000 acres (404 hectares).

“We're very honored and very proud to be able to represent the real Christmas tree industry,” he said.

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