Our Christmas Tree Season may only run from November 14 to December 23, but Christmas at Elliott Tree Farm is something we work toward all year long on our Christmas Tree Farm Near Toronto. From planting and pruning to shaping and caring for trees that grow for years before becoming part of a family’s Christmas, every season matters. Thanks to a summer of heat and steady rainfall, our Christmas trees have never looked better, and with Golden Ticket weekends returning for Christmas 2026, we are especially excited to welcome families back to the farm. If you are looking for a Christmas tree farm near Toronto where you can choose a real tree, spend time outdoors and enjoy an authentic working farm experience, we would love to see you this season.

A Christmas Season Years in the Making

A real Christmas tree takes years to grow. Throughout that time, each season plays an important role. Spring brings new plantings and fresh growth. Summer is spent maintaining the plantations, pruning and shaping trees. Fall brings the final preparations before Christmas Tree Season arrives.

By the time a tree reaches a family’s living room, it represents years of farming.

That is one of the things that makes visiting a Christmas tree farm different from simply purchasing a tree from a retail lot. Families have the opportunity to walk through the landscape where Christmas trees are actually grown and experience a tradition connected directly to Ontario agriculture.

This summer has been an especially rewarding one in the plantations. With warm weather and consistent rainfall, the trees have experienced excellent growing conditions. The result is strong new growth and beautiful, healthy Christmas trees heading into the 2026 season.

We cannot wait for families to see them.

Golden Ticket Weekends Return for Christmas 2026

After a wonderful first season, Golden Ticket weekends are returning to Elliott Tree Farm for Christmas 2026, along with the magic of Santa’s Cabin.

The Golden Ticket is more than a keepsake. For families purchasing a Christmas tree, it is your special invitation to experience Santa’s Cabin, tucked away along our scenic sugarbush trail. The cabin offers a vintage Christmas setting where families can capture their own holiday photos and children can drop their Christmas wish lists into Santa’s Mailbox.

On select Golden Ticket weekends, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the Cabin to meet visiting children and take photos with families, making the journey through the farm even more memorable.

Getting there is part of the experience. Families can enjoy a peaceful walk through the sugarbush to Santa’s Cabin or, on select weekends and weather permitting, hop aboard the Santa Express Zoomobile for a festive ride through the farm.

The Golden Ticket is yours to keep after your visit, a small reminder of your family’s Christmas tradition at Elliott Tree Farm.

We will be announcing the 2026 Golden Ticket weekends and Santa’s Cabin details closer to Christmas, so stay tuned as we get ready for another magical season on the farm.

Choose Your Perfect Christmas Tree

At Elliott Tree Farm, every family can make the Christmas tree tradition their own.

For those who love the experience of walking the plantation and choosing a tree where it has grown, the farm offers cut-your-own Christmas trees from its sustainably managed plantations.

For families who prefer a fresh cut tree, the Fieldstone Christmas Tree Cellar offers a unique experience of its own. Fresh trees are displayed fully open rather than bundled, allowing families to see their natural shape and choose the tree that is right for their home. The farm harvests fresh trees in batches throughout the season to help maintain freshness.

Whether your family has a favourite variety or simply walks until you find “the one,” choosing the tree is part of the experience.

And once it comes home, that tree becomes the centrepiece for another Christmas.

Growing Christmas Traditions Sustainably

Sustainability is not limited to one program or initiative at Elliott Tree Farm. It is part of the responsibility that comes with caring for a working farm.

Christmas tree farming naturally requires a long-term view. The seedlings planted today are being grown for Christmas seasons years into the future.

Elliott Tree Farm continually replants its Christmas tree plantations and manages the availability of trees each year to help maintain a healthy, renewable crop. The farm’s most recent sustainability reporting notes that three new Christmas trees are planted for every tree harvested.

While growing, Christmas tree plantations also form part of a living agricultural landscape. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, produce oxygen, help hold soil in place and provide habitat and feeding areas for wildlife. After Christmas, real trees are biodegradable and can be chipped, composted or repurposed rather than remaining in landfill.

Choosing a real Christmas tree is therefore about more than holiday decor. It supports local agriculture and a renewable Canadian farming tradition.

Farming With Future Christmases in Mind

For Elliott Tree Farm, sustainability is also about ensuring that the traditions families enjoy today can continue for future generations.

Every harvested tree creates space for future plantings. Every new seedling represents another Christmas several years from now.

That cycle of planting, growing, caring and replanting is what keeps a Christmas tree farm alive.

Elliott Tree Farm is also an active member of Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario and the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association, reflecting the farm’s connection to Ontario agriculture and its commitment to responsible farming practices.

The same approach carries through the farm’s maple forest and year-round experiences. Farming is not about a single harvest or a single season. It is about caring for the land in a way that allows it to continue producing, growing and welcoming people for years to come.

More Than a Trip to Buy a Tree

Christmas Tree Season at Elliott Tree Farm has always been about more than the tree itself.

It is the experience of choosing it.

For some families, that means heading straight into the plantation. For others, it means exploring the Fieldstone Christmas Tree Cellar before warming up with something from the Horse Barn Canteen.

It might include a walk along the farm trails, a visit to the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario, time around a bonfire or stopping for the same family photo you have taken every Christmas for years.

The farm has become part of those traditions because it offers something increasingly valuable during a busy holiday season: a place to slow down and spend time together.

It is authentic, seasonal and rooted in the land.

A Christmas Farm With a Little Movie Magic

There is also a reason parts of Elliott Tree Farm may look familiar.

The farm was featured as the Christmas tree farm location in the 2025 Netflix holiday film A Merry Little Ex-Mas. Its Christmas tree plantations, heritage farm setting and countryside landscape became part of the film’s Christmas backdrop.

But the setting families see on screen is not a recreated Christmas set.

It is the same working farm guests experience when they visit.

The real trees, historic buildings and rural landscape were already here.

Plan Your Christmas 2026 Visit

Located near Hillsburgh in the Town of Erin, Elliott Tree Farm is approximately one hour from Toronto and has become a Christmas tradition for families throughout the GTA and Southern Ontario.

Christmas Tree Season: November 14 to December 23, 2026
Open Daily: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Reservations: Not required for the traditional Christmas Tree Experience
Entrance Fee: None
Parking: Free
Dogs: Welcome on a leash

With an incredible growing season behind us, beautiful Christmas trees throughout the plantations and the return of Golden Ticket weekends, there is plenty to look forward to this Christmas.

If you are searching for a Christmas tree farm near Toronto, come experience a traditional Christmas outing where the trees are grown, the farming happens year-round and the memories have a way of bringing families back season after season.