From Newland, North Carolina to Washington, D.C., what a journey it’s going to be. The Cartner Christmas Tree Farm harvested the White House Christmas tree that will be displayed in The Blue Room. The tree that will leave everyone green with envy is a 20-foot Fraser Fir that

In a county ravaged by Tropical Storm Helene, farm workers cut down a Christmas tree bound for the White House's Blue Room.

All the trees are gonna die,” said Graham Avery, a farmer. Avery is just one in a long line of farmers who’ve worked this land for well over 200 years being passed down fro

The damage in Avery County can be seen throughout the area. But an Avery family farm may have been hit the hardest by the storm, losing more than 60,000 trees. “All the trees are going to die,” farmer Graham Avery said.

The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm’s Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter. But then Hurricane Helene struck, unleashing a deadly deluge across western North Carolina,