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PHOTOS: Kalispell Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting

CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months, 1 week AGO
by CASEY KREIDER
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | December 5, 2025 10:00 PM

Scenes from the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5.


    Visitors check out decorated Christmas trees at the KM Building at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    An attendee takes a photo of one of the two reindeer outside Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Kids visit with Santa Claus outside Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Attendees visit two reindeer outside Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Kids write a letter to Santa Claus outside Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home and Crematory at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Visitors take photos with members of Elevated Aerial Studio wearing stilts at the KM Building at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Lucy Smith and friends and the Valley Voices sing Christmas carols before the tree lighting at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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