Bigfork Elves 'deck the halls' in downtown
TAYLOR INMAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 5 months AGO
An elf shows off her festive sweater during Decorating Day 2022. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
Community members gather around the village’s Christmas tree in downtown on Nov. 19, 2022. After a day spent decorating, people come together to sing carols, read “The Night Before Christmas” and take in their hard work before enjoying Montana’s Christmas Village throughout the holiday season. (photo credit: Jim Lafferty)
Members of the Bigfork Playhouse Children’s Theater decorate the roof of the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
An annual tradition, the Bigfork Elves are a nonprofit dedicated to decorating downtown Bigfork for Chrsistmas. This year was so cold, volunteers had trouble starting their golf cart used to deliver hot chocolate to elves putting up decorations. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
Pictured with ‘the Big Fork,’ elves work to put up garland and secure bows to trees. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
Elves decorate the outside of Oro Y Plata on Nov. 19, 2022. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
Thomson and members of his theater troop pause their decorating to listen to carolers sing ‘Jingle Bells’ to them from the street. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
Volunteers decorate the sign leading into downtown Bigfork. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
REPORTER AND PODCAST HOST Taylor Inman covers Bigfork and the north shore of Flathead Lake for the Bigfork Eagle and the Daily Inter Lake. Her reporting focuses on local government, community issues and the people who shape life in Northwest Montana. Inman began her journalism career at Murray State University’s public radio newsroom and later reported for WKMS, where her work aired on National Public Radio. In addition to reporting, she hosts and contributes to Daily Inter Lake podcasts including News Now. Her work connects listeners and readers with the stories shaping communities across the Flathead Valley. IMPACT: Taylor’s work expands local journalism through both traditional reporting and digital storytelling. | November 21, 2022 11:00 PM
The Bigfork Elves have once again transformed Bigfork into "Montana's Christmas Village."
The Elves' are a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of decorating downtown for Christmas each year. The group is comprised of many familiar local faces, but people also fly in from around the country to help decorate the town.
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