25-foot Virginia-grown Christmas tree to light up Richmond’s Capitol Square

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A massive Christmas tree grown in Grayson County will light up Capitol Square in downtown Richmond on Wednesday.

According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 25-foot Fraser fir tree, grown in Grayson County's Whitetop area, has a 30-foot circumference at its base.

The event will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3. It will include the annual lighting of the Capitol Christmas Tree and the Executive Mansion Holiday Open House.

Both are free and open to the public.

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Visitors are invited to tour the Virginia Executive Mansion, the nation's oldest continuously occupied governor's mansion, which will include decorations and seasonal displays.