New White House Christmas Tree Handpicked From Wisconsin Family Farm

A family in Wisconsin, just outside the little village of Endeavor,  Wisconsin, has spent the better part of a lifetime chasing something almost impossible: the perfect Christmas tree.

Not a good one. Not a great one. The one — the tree so flawless it could stand in the most famous house in America. This year, they grew it.

A farm called Silent Night Evergreens has been named the 2026 Grand Champion by the National Christmas Tree Association, earning its towering concolor fir the honor of becoming the official White House Blue Room Christmas tree.

Three Generations, One Impossible Standard

Behind the win is David Chapman, a third-generation farm owner whose family has been growing evergreens in Marquette County for decades.

Growing a champion tree isn't luck. It's years of careful shearing, shaping, and patience — a single tree pruned by hand, season after season, until it finally stands ready. And the Chapmans have done it before. This marks the fourth time the family has earned the national title, following wins in 1998, 2003, and 2017.

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The moment it became official wasn't extravagant, but it was pretty cool. Dale Haney, the longtime White House superintendent of grounds, drove out to the farm and tied a ribbon around the chosen tree. "We want that perfect tree," Haney said, "because it's Christmas for the White House. That's the tree that does it all."

From A Marquette County Field To The Blue Room

The winning tree currently stands close to 30 feet tall, though it'll be trimmed down to about 18.5 feet to fit the White House Blue Room. It'll be harvested in November and presented at the North Portico ahead of the holidays, with the Chapman family making the trip to Washington to see their tree take its place.

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From there, it'll be admired by the more than 100,000 people who tour the White House each Christmas season.

It's a proud moment for the whole state, too. Wisconsin has now sent several Blue Room trees to the nation's capital over the decades, a quiet testament to the growers who've made the state a Christmas tree powerhouse. For a family farm in a town most people have never heard of, it's about as big as it gets.