How Christmas Landed a North Carolina Farmer in the White House

<p style= "color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> Imagine being so good at producing a product that you are asked to personally deliver it to the President of the United States. That is exactly what happened to Avery County native and <a href= "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/politics/2020/12/11/nc-christmas-tree-farmer-goes-to-washington">Christmas tree farmer Larry Smith</a>.</p> <p style= "color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> On this week’s episode of Tying It Together with Tim Boyum, Tim talks with Smith about winning the <a href= "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2018/09/24/one-of-the-white-house-christmas-trees-chosen-in-avery-co">national contest in 2018</a> to provide the White House with its official tree to be placed in the Blue Room. </p> <p style= "color: #000000; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decor