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Statehouse workers deem Christmas tree too puny, replace it
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Christmas tree selected for the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda has been removed after staff decided it was too puny.
The 14-foot-tall Fraser fir was donated by a tree farm. Workers put it up Tuesday but then realized it was too small and didn't fill the rotunda.
The governor's office says the little tree was moved outside to the statehouse steps and will be decorated and displayed there.
The office has gotten a 20-foot-tall Balsam to replace it.
Read more: http://www.wral.com/statehouse-workers-deem-christmas-tree-too-puny-replace-it/16267713/