It's the moment we've all known was coming but weren't quite sure how we'd feel about when it finally arrived. Well, how does it feel now, Humboldt?

Sugar Bear, for decades a silent and proud white fir standing majestically in Six Rivers National Forest, is moments away from fulfilling its destiny acting as a holiday lawn ornament for the honorable lawmakers in our nation's capital. For one month. Merry Christmas. 

Watch the livestream of Sugar Bear's first lighting above. And don't forget to feel.

PREVIOUSLY:

• Congress’s Demand for Tribute From Our Local Life-Giving Forests Has Been Fulfilled: ‘Sugar Bear’ the 84-Foot White Fir Will Serve as the 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
• ‘Sugar Bear,’ the Local 84-Foot White Fir Selected to Be This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, Will Be Sawed Down Live on Facebook Later This Month
• Federally Mandated Sacrifice of ‘Sugar Bear,’ a Majestic Tree, Moved Up to Saturday Due to Bad Weather, and It Could Be Argued That it is Your Duty to Watch the Facebook Livestream
• Treasured Local Star Sara Bareilles Shows Love for ‘Sugar Bear,’ the Fir from the Six Rivers Forest that Will Be This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
• (UPDATING, DELAYED) WATCH LIVE: Majestic Six Rivers National Forest Tree ‘Sugar Bear’ Being Cut Down to Fulfill Its Destiny
• (VIDEO) ‘SUGAR BEAR’ is Dead. Long Live ‘SUGAR BEAR’
• HERE LIES SUGAR BEAR: Maybe After Work You Could Swing by Eureka’s Waterfront and Pay Your Respects to the National Christmas Tree Before It Departs On Its Cross-Country Trek
• LET 100 SUGAR BEARS FALL! Lodging Alliance Cashes in on Nationwide Craze for Capitol Christmas Tree by Paying For Outsiders to Chop Down Their Own

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