Fraser

Ornaments on the official Christmas tree in the Blue Room — a towering Fraser fir from Shepherdstown, West Virginia — were designed by students from across the country who were asked by the National Park Service to highlight the people, places and things that make their states beautiful.

Researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered that the poison from the Fraser Island funnel-web spider in eastern Australia contains what could be a life-saving molecule, or peptide.

The discovery builds on earlier work that found a small protein in the venom of the Fraser Island funnel-web spider that markedly improved patients’ recovery from a stroke.

This year's official Christmas tree is a 5.5-meter-tall Fraser fir covered with white doves and ribbons bearing the names of U.S. states and territories.

"In an era when exasperated voters seek mould-breaking politicians, he is the best candidate to present the Conservatives as a force for change," argued Fraser Nelson.

The group is entranced by a model electric freight train that circles a 7-meter tall Fraser Fir Christmas tree.

Balt was ferociously exultant, Emerson was boiling with impatience, while Fraser, whose calm nothing disturbed, slept most of the time, observing that this was his last good bed for a while, and therefore he wished to make it work.