PHOTOS: Kalispell Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 months, 2 weeks AGO
Santa Claus lights the tree at the Kalispell Downtown Association Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)
Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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