You look to VDB for breaking news, news you can’t find anywhere else. And we’re there for you. When Pat Leahy made Green Mountain Coffee Roasters the official java of the Senate Judiciary Committee, VDB was all over it like white on rice. Or brown on — coffee beans. Whatever.

And now, we bring you something even more awe-inspiring. That, friends, is no ordinary Capitol Christmas Tree, standing on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol. No, that tree was cut from the Green Mountain National Forest near Bennington.

Look on Vermont’s works, ye mighty, and despair. And happy holidays, of course.