Originally published on December 22, 2020 11:12 am
This year, the Christmas tree in the White House’s Blue Room is from West Virginia.
The tree is from a farm in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, called Dan and Bryan Christmas Trees. They won this year’s National Christmas Tree Association contest, earning them the right to display one of their Fraser firs in this historic room.
“Fraser firs are basically the Cadillac of Christmas trees,” said Anne Taylor who runs the Shepherdstown location and is married to co-owner Dan Taylor. “They re my favorites. They hold ornaments great. They look really nice decorated. They have some open spaces for larger ornaments.”
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On this
West Virginia Morning, we spread some holiday cheer. We visit a Christmas tree farm in Jefferson County, and we hear about holiday traditions and recipes featured in this week’s episode of
Inside Appalachia.
Inside Appalachia co-host Caitlin Tan brings us a Christmas food tradition from her childhood – brought over from former East Germany in the 1950s by Caitlin’s grandmother, or Oma. The recipe is for a sweet and dense fruit bread called Stollen. Caitlin and her Oma have been quarantining together during the pandemic, so they’ve been reminiscing.
We also hear from
Inside Appalachia’s other new co-host, Mason Adams. For the holiday special, Mason sat down with his mother Linda Adams to talk about food and what it means this time of the year.