Photo by Gregory Rec
Ruby Bedirian, 2, helps her parents Cat, left, and Alex push the Christmas tree that Alex just cut at Holmes Tree Farm in Kennebunk on December 8.
Photo by Gregory Rec
Cat Bedirian warms her hands around a cup of hot apple cider while she waits for the Holmes Tree Farm staff to tie a tree to the top of her car in Kennebunk.
Photo by Brianna Soukup
Kids run through a row of Christmas trees for sale at the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club 59th annual tree sale on December 3.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Visitors get a tractor ride through the tree farm at the Old Farm Christmas Place of Maine in Cape Elizabeth on November 26.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
On the day after Thanksgiving, Clare Greenlaw of Falmouth points out a tree while searching with his family at The Old Farm Christmas Place of Maine in Cape Elizabeth.
Photo by Michele McDonald
At dusk, white lights inside and out glitter on a Churchill Road house in South Portland on December 16.
Photo by Ben McCanna
Joseph Ney-Jun and Annarosa Whitman, Portland, select their first-ever Christmas tree as a couple at Broadway Gardens in South Portland on Dec. 17.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Twins Lucia, left, and Concetta Chapleau, 4, of Portland work together to carry a small tree they picked out with their family at in Cape Elizabeth on November 26.
Photo by Gregory Rec
Crowds room during the Prelude Opening Festival in Dock Square in Kennebunkport on December 3. A live Christmas tree is mounted to the side of the store Ornaments, and the traditional tree, right, is decorated with lights and lobster buoy ornaments.
Photo by Ben McCanna
Mike Wagemann, left, and Finnian O’Donnell, workers at The Old Farm Christmas Place of Maine, carry a freshly cut balsam fir tree on December 3.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
June and Greg Zoia of Kennebunk take a selfie in front of a Christmas Tree made of lobster traps at the Fire Department in Cape Porpoise on December 17.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Robert Dennis of Kennebunkport photographs the Christmas Tree made of lobster traps at the Fire Department in Cape Porpoise on December 17.
Photo by Brianna Soukup
Maggie Zall and Nathan Amadon, Portland, pick out their Christmas tree at the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club 59th annual tree sale on December 3.
Photo by Brianna Soukup
Maggie Zall and Nathan Amadon walk back to their car with their Christmas tree.
Photo by Michele McDonald
By December 16, the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club had already sold two truckloads of Christmas trees – about 2,000 trees, and had about 125 left. Sales have been brisk this year, but last year they sold out in two weeks. “Last year it was a COVID thing- everyone wanted to make their life more normal so they went out and bought a real tree,” Nancy Hawes, a volunteer for 30 years, said.
Photo by Ben McCanna
Miles Cridler, 10, stands one legged on a tree stump to get a better vantage point of the balsam fir trees at The Old Farm Christmas Place of Maine in Cape Elizabeth on Dec. 3.
Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
A Christmas tree lights up a barn just after sunset along the shore in Cape Porpoise on December 17.
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