It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Avery County, North Carolina! Our friend Larry Smith — a true mountain man and one of the country’s top Christmas tree growers — just sent us some photos of the first snow blanketing his farm. The Fraser firs are dusted in white, and if you ask us, there’s nothing that says “holiday season” quite like that first mountain snowfall.
Avery County isn’t just any Christmas tree region — it’s widely celebrated as the Fraser Fir Capital of the World. These prized evergreens have even been chosen for the White House Christmas tree, making this little corner of western North Carolina a national treasure for holiday trees. We’ve featured Larry and his award-winning trees in Season Two of Where The Food Comes From before, and a Christmas special that showed exactly why these North Carolina Fraser firs are fit for presidents — and perfect for your living room too.
