Kristine Thoreson’s partner hauls this year’s Christmas tree back to their truck in November just outside of Calgary. For over a decade, each November, we’ve headed west of Calgary to “hunt” Christmas trees on provincial Crown land. Thoreson and her stepson on their 2022 adventure into the woods to find a Christmas tree. (Submitted by Kristine Thoreson)Cars and trucks streamed past us, back toward the city with newly cut Christmas trees strapped to the roofs and stuffed into tailgates. (Kristine Thoreson)In the end, cutting our Christmas tree became less about what we took and more about what we made together.

Source: CBC News December 27, 2025 01:32 UTC