PHOTOS: Kalispell Holiday Stroll and Community Tree Lighting
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 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)
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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)
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)
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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)
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
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | 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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