The Hill News

Capitol Hill's newest arrival is already hip to the tweeting trend.

This year's Christmas tree â€" a three-ton, six-story-tall Engelmann spruce â€" updated followers from @TrackTheTree along its route to Washington, D.C., from Wyoming, where it was felled Nov. 6.

The tree arrived on the Capitol grounds on Monday, according to a tweet from Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).

The tree is the first to hail from Wyoming since the beloved Capitol Christmas tradition started in 1969. Every year, says a release, the Forest Service recommends six to eight trees from around the country to the Superintendent of the Capitol Grounds, who makes the final decision.

According to its blog and Facebook page, this year's spruce will now be "lowered into a 5-foot deep hole, strung with lights, and decorated with thousands of handcrafted ornaments made by Wyomingites." The lighting ceremony, conducted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is scheduled for Dec. 7, and after that its lights will be turned off every night at 11.

The tree's official song is "Cowboy Christmas Tree" by Bryan Ragsdale.

Courtesy of Sen. Barrasso's TwitPic feed

Courtesy of the blog, "Capitol Christmas Tree 2010"