Christmas gift from Idaho enroute to Washington D.C.

A part of Idaho will help usher in the Christmas season this month after a tree from the Payette National Forest was selected to grace the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

For the second time in more than 50 years, a tree from Idaho made the cross-country journey to the nation's capitol during the 2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Tour.

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