Vice President Joe Biden will be getting his Christmas tree from the state where he was raised.
The tree is coming from a farm in Snyder County.
Farmer Richard McClellan cut down the Christmas tree Thursday to get it ready for a journey to the nation's capital.
McClellan will take the tree from his farm near Middleburg to Biden's home in Washington D.C.
"This tree is a good tree to decorate. It has enough open space. It's relatively full but it has good branch angle and sufficient open space to hang lots of ornaments," McClellan said.
The McClellans entered a competition at a national Christmas tree convention and were awarded second place, which means they now have the privilege of giving Joe and Jill Biden a tree for Christmas. The McClellans said they have been trying to get one of their tress in the White House for 30 years.
"We got second best. We got to take the vice president which is also a pretty good honor," McClellan added.
The next step was picking the perfect tree for the vice president.
"First of all we had to meet the size restrictions. We went out and checked how many trees were in that size range. Then we started taking pictures and we sent some pictures along," said Mary McClellan.
Vice President BIden picked out an 11-foot-tall Frasier fir.
The tree has become pretty popular around. Some people even came to see it in person and take a picture.
"We even had our pastor's wife come and touched the tree. She was that excited about it she wanted to touch the tree," Richard McClellan said.
The McClellans said this year's rainy weather helped their young crop.
"This year we planted, the rain came and the trees grew," said Mary McClellan.
She and her husband will delivery the tree to Washington D.C. on Monday. They hope to return to the capital in December to have dinner with the vice president.
The tree is coming from a farm in Snyder County.
Farmer Richard McClellan cut down the Christmas tree Thursday to get it ready for a journey to the nation's capital.
McClellan will take the tree from his farm near Middleburg to Biden's home in Washington D.C.
"This tree is a good tree to decorate. It has enough open space. It's relatively full but it has good branch angle and sufficient open space to hang lots of ornaments," McClellan said.
The McClellans entered a competition at a national Christmas tree convention and were awarded second place, which means they now have the privilege of giving Joe and Jill Biden a tree for Christmas. The McClellans said they have been trying to get one of their tress in the White House for 30 years.
"We got second best. We got to take the vice president which is also a pretty good honor," McClellan added.
The next step was picking the perfect tree for the vice president.
"First of all we had to meet the size restrictions. We went out and checked how many trees were in that size range. Then we started taking pictures and we sent some pictures along," said Mary McClellan.
Vice President BIden picked out an 11-foot-tall Frasier fir.
The tree has become pretty popular around. Some people even came to see it in person and take a picture.
"We even had our pastor's wife come and touched the tree. She was that excited about it she wanted to touch the tree," Richard McClellan said.
The McClellans said this year's rainy weather helped their young crop.
"This year we planted, the rain came and the trees grew," said Mary McClellan.
She and her husband will delivery the tree to Washington D.C. on Monday. They hope to return to the capital in December to have dinner with the vice president.
