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WBRE: Governor Wolf and First Lady Frances Wolf Light the 2017 Capitol Christmas Tree

Dec 8, 2017

In the News

WBRE: Governor Wolf and First Lady Frances Wolf Light the 2017 Capitol Christmas Tree
December 8, 2017 by Jayne Ann Bugda

HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) Governor Tom Wolf and First Lady Frances Wolf flipped the switch lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree in the Rotunda.

The tree is a 22-foot Douglas Fir from Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Lehighton, Carbon County.  It is decorated with more than 900 LED lights and more than 1,600 hand-made ornaments from senior centers throughout the commonwealth coordinated by the PA Department of Aging and Pre-K/Head Start students through Pre-K for PA.

The Rotunda tree will be lit daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., while the Capitol Steps and Soldiers’  Grove trees will be lit daily from 5 p.m. to midnight. All trees will be lit daily through the week of
January 8, 2018.

Watch the video here.