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Tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for a president. >> youre helping make it christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple have grown four presidential christmas trees. one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan, and now this 18.5-foot douglas fir destined for the obama white house. >> what we like this year is its going to a family. the children are there. the family is well knit. >> reporter: to provide the white house tree, a farmer has to be crowned by the nati...

A president. >> youre helping make a christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple, both in their 80s, have grown four presidential christmas trees. one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan, and now this 18 1/2-foot douglas fir destined for the obama white house. >> what we really like this year is that its going to a family. the children are there, the family is well-knit. >> reporter: the provide the white house tree, a farmer has to be crowned by the national chris...

All right. the white house will soon be all decked out in christmas durations. mrs. obama will receive the official christmas tree this afternoon. its an 18 1/2-foot douglas fir from shepherdstown, west virginia. you see part of it right there. dan lothian has more on the couple who grew it. >> this is the baby here now. weve got to figure out how were going to get this loaded. >> reporter: for eric and gloria sundback, this is a holiday tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for

Official christmas trees to the white house since 1929. this years tree comes from a farm in shepherds town, west virginia, from a paver farmers who have been here before. >> this is the baby here now. we have to figure out how were going to get this loaded. for eric and gloria sunback, this is a holiday tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for a president. >> youre helping make a christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple, both in their 80s, have grown four presid...

That have good form and for trees that have stronger branchs because they use a lot of decorations. >> reporter: and it takes a lot of hard work to grow that perfect presidential tree. careful pruning, experimenting to get the right mix of characteristics, and a little tough love. >> she had a word with it. when shed get up in the morning, get out, things are going -- well, fellows, you want to be a christmas tree now or are you going to wait until later and be toilet paper? and that gets the tr...

Christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple both in their 80s have grown four presidential christmas trees, one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan and this 18 1/2 foot douglas fir destined for the obama white house. >> what we really like this year is that its going to a family, the children are there, the family is well-knit. >> reporter: to provide the white house tree a farmer has to be crowned by the national christmas tree association. then white house offici...

Time for the obamas first white house christmas tree arriving this afternoon. dan lothian following the festivities. >> we got to figure out how to get this loaded. >> reporter: for eric and gloria sunback, this is a holiday tradition. growing a christmas tree fit for a president. >> youre helping make it christmas for the whole country. >> reporter: the west virginia couple both in their 80s have grown four presidential christmas trees. one for jimmy carter, two for ronald reagan, and now this ...

Obama white house. >> what we really like this year is its going to a family. the children are there. the family is well knit. >> reporter: to provide the white house tree, a farmer has to be crowned by the national christmas tree association and then white house officials make a visit. >> theyre looking for trees that have good form and for trees that have stronger branches because they use a lot of decoration. >> reporter: it takes a lot of hard work to grow that perfect presidential tree. car...