Tuscon Citizen 1 month ago

O Christmas tree, dead Christmas tree: Arizona supplies U.S. Capitol Tree

Photo Ryn Gargulinski

November’s here and that means one thing – it’s time to hurl ourselves face first into the upcoming holiday season. Arizona is doing that in a big way by slaughtering a mighty blue spruce as instructed by the federal government. Full Article at Tuscon Citizen

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  2. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 12: New Yorkers dressed as Santa Claus gather in Washington Square Park during the annual Santacon event December 12, 2009 in New York City. Santacon is a mass gathering of revelers dressed as Santa who take to the streets in cities across the country before Christmas.
  3. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Twenty year veteran children's entertainer and actor Phil Cale slips in to his Santa suite in a back office at Stanhope Gardens Shopping Centre prior to his performance on December 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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  6. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: The 2009 U.S. Captiol Christmas tree, a 85-foot blue spruce from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona, was lit December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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