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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

Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm

Date11/29/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Real christmas tradition: Grade 1 students from Rene Gordon Public School hoist their prize Christmas tree after cutting it at Horton Tree Farm.
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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
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
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
St. Nick? Keith Horton, president of the Christmas tree growers' association, donned a hat and pipe in the St. Nick tradition to entertain visitors at his tree farm in Vandorf, Ont., yesterday. At right, Gordon Gay with dogs Kashmir and Merlin head back to the car with their freshly cut tree. The farm is open daily.
12/16/1984
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
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(...)
12/5/1968
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
11/30/1987
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
11/28/1986
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
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
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
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
Real thing: This buyer prefers a natural Christmas tree over an artificial one
Real thing: This buyer prefers a natural Christmas tree over an artificial one
11/24/1981