Several hundred people gathered to watch an 85-foot blue spruce tree being cut from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz. during a Christmas tree cutting ceremony on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. This is the first time that an Arizona tree will serve as the US capitol Christmas tree. The tree will travel throughout Arizona during Nov. 10-19, 2009 and be presented to the United States Congress on Nov. 30, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

Several hundred people gathered to watch an 85-foot blue spruce tree being cut from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz. during a Christmas tree cutting ceremony on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. This is the first time that an Arizona tree will serve as the US capitol Christmas tree. The tree will travel throughout Arizona during Nov. 10-19, 2009 and be presented to the United States Congress on Nov. 30, 2009.

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