The chain saw wielding state foresters had arrived Monday morning in three white pickups and a big, white flatbed covered by a forest green tarp.

They'd come because David and Dreama Huffman had invited them. The Huffmans, who know a few things about Christmas trees, had offered to donate their 36-year-old evergreen to be Virginia's Christmas tree -- destined to be toppled and hauled, erected Dec. 1 and lit Dec. 5 at the state Capitol's South Portico.

The spruce had made the cut.

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