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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

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

Date12/7/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018387F
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It's tough going but Joey Birt, 5, (left) and Michael LeBlanc, 5, at the big end of the Christmas tree and George Christie bringing up the rear manage(...)
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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
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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 (...)
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