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Residents celebrate a tree from their hometown of Bergland, Mich. will be used for the Christmas tree at the Capitol in Lansing (Nov. 5, 2009/courtesy WLUC).

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Crews cut down a tree in Bergland, Mich. that will be used for the Christmas tree at the Capitol in Lansing (Nov. 5, 2009/courtesy WLUC).

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Crews cut down a tree in Bergland, Mich. that will be used for the Christmas tree at the Capitol in Lansing (Nov. 5, 2009/courtesy WLUC).

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People watch crews cut down a tree in Bergland, Mich. that will be used for the Christmas tree at the Capitol in Lansing (Nov. 5, 2009/courtesy WLUC).

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Mich.'s Christmas tree comes from U.P.

From a neighborhood in Bergland

Updated: Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 11:13 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 05 Nov 2009, 11:13 AM EST

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's official state Christmas tree has grown for 65 years in the western Upper Peninsula.

    The 63-foot spruce was cut down Wednesday in a neighborhood in Bergland about 30 miles east of Ironwood and 20 miles south of the Porcupine Mountains. The tree will stand in front of the state Capitol in Lansing starting Saturday.

    Josh and Amanda Lopac agreed to provide the tree that stands on their side lawn.

    It will be lit Nov. 20 at Lansing's Silver Bells in the City celebration.

    Michigan's tree must be a spruce or a fir that is about 65 feet tall and easily accessible from the road.

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