Kippy Perkins, of Thetford, right, keeps an eye on her grandson Kolby Perkins, 2, while watching the cutting of a 55 foot balsam fir in the yard of friends Joe and Peggy Willis, back left, in Sharon, Vt., Wednesday, November 30, 2016. A 41 foot section of the balsam fir, planted in 1979 by Les Dyer, who died of cancer this year, will become the Christmas tree on the Vermont State House lawn. The tree lighting will be on December 8, at 4:30 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Kippy Perkins, of Thetford, right, keeps an eye on her grandson Kolby Perkins, 2, while watching the cutting of a 55 foot balsam fir in the yard of friends Joe and Peggy Willis, back left, in Sharon, Vt., Wednesday, November 30, 2016. A 41 foot section of the balsam fir, planted in 1979 by Les Dyer, who died of cancer this year, will become the Christmas tree on the Vermont State House lawn. The tree lighting will be on December 8, at 4:30 p.m. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — James M. Patterson