FRANKLIN FEATURED IN COUNTRY CHRISTMAS SEGMENT ON TODAY SHOW

FRANKLIN, Tenn.  – TODAY Show correspondent Jenna Bush Hager and country music star Trisha Yearwood filmed a segment for NBC’s national morning show in downtown Franklin Tuesday, December 5. Each year Hager selects a country music artist to spend time with and learn more about their family holiday and this year, Trisha Yearwood took her shopping in Franklin.

Hagar and Yearwood took a holiday lights tour aboard the Hello Trolley, where Yearwood told of her holiday traditions and about finishing up a two-year world tour with husband Garth Brooks.

After the interview, Yearwood took Bush Hager shopping along Franklin’s iconic Main Street. The pair picked out new ornaments for their Christmas trees at the Heirloom Shop, picked up sweets at Kilwins, and shopped for gifts with Holly Williams at White’s Mercantile. Bush Hagar and Yearwood toasted their evening of shopping on Main Street with a holiday drink at Gray’s On Main.

The segment aired Monday, December 18, and can be seen online at TODAY.com.

 
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