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Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get s(...)
Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get s(...)

Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get s(...)

Date12/5/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Pupils hunt a Christmas Tree. Three of 300 Toronto school children making their annual Christmas tree trek to Drysdale Tree Farm near Ballantree get some advice on picking out a tree for their classroom from teacher Rona Schaffel of McMurrich School. Pupils pointed out trees they wanted; woodsmen sawed them down; bundled them up.
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Choosing a christmas tree for Albion Gardens Junior Public School in Etobicoke is a big job, and the 40 senior kindergarten pupils examined all the tr(...)
Choosing a christmas tree for Albion Gardens Junior Public School in Etobicoke is a big job, and the 40 senior kindergarten pupils examined all the tr(...)
11/29/1972
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
11/21/1990
Horton Tree Farm worker Jamie Hopkins shows young school children how a cut Christmas tree is tied up with a mesh net by machine to make it easier to (...)
Horton Tree Farm worker Jamie Hopkins shows young school children how a cut Christmas tree is tied up with a mesh net by machine to make it easier to (...)
12/17/1976
Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm
Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm
11/29/1991
Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm
Holiday Haul: Children drag a Christmas tree from the Horton Tree Farm
12/5/1991
Proud lumberjack: Billy Dunlop, 5, found just the Christmas tree for his family at the Bose Tress Farm, one of several serve-yourself farms in the Metro area
Proud lumberjack: Billy Dunlop, 5, found just the Christmas tree for his family at the Bose Tress Farm, one of several serve-yourself farms in the Metro area
12/7/1982
Down on the farm: Cutting the family Christmas tree provides fun and exercise for the family, but after it's in the home, it can become a potential safety hazard unless proper precautions are taken
Down on the farm: Cutting the family Christmas tree provides fun and exercise for the family, but after it's in the home, it can become a potential safety hazard unless proper precautions are taken
12/17/1976
Generations growing evergreen, Howard R Drysdale, grandson Douglas Jr., great-granddaughter Serena, 6 months, represent three of four generations serving local Christmas tree buyers.
Generations growing evergreen, Howard R Drysdale, grandson Douglas Jr., great-granddaughter Serena, 6 months, represent three of four generations serving local Christmas tree buyers.
11/21/1990
Happiness is a tree of your very own, The bite of frosty air and crunch of snow underfoot as he hauls his own Christmas tree out of the bush north of (...)
Happiness is a tree of your very own, The bite of frosty air and crunch of snow underfoot as he hauls his own Christmas tree out of the bush north of (...)
12/6/1967
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
12/12/1986
Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
Trucking trees: Christmas tree farmers begin unloading a batch of trees for Metro's Christmas celebrants
12/8/1983
Terry Sladden & Yukari Nigata & Takako Hasebe, Drysdale Tree Farm
Terry Sladden & Yukari Nigata & Takako Hasebe, Drysdale Tree Farm
12/14/1997