White House tree arrives from Pennsylvania.

From: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) | Date: November 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Josh Drobnyk

WASHINGTON _ For all that Francis and Margaret Botek have to be proud of _ take their three children and eight grandchildren, for starters _ it was an 18 {-foot tree that brought the family to the White House and a meeting with the first lady on Monday.

But what a tree it is.

Handpicked from the Boteks' Mahoning Township, Pa., farm by the White House's chief usher six weeks ago, the Douglas fir arrived Monday morning on a horse...

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