Complimentary Golden Ticket access returns for Christmas tree purchasers, with limited tickets available on select dates for non-tree purchasers
HILLSBURGH, ON, September 2026
Step into one of the most unique Santa experiences in the GTA as The Santa’s Cabin Experience returns to Elliott Tree Farm, enhanced for the 2026 holiday season.
For five weekends, from November 14 through December 13, purchase a cut-your-own or fresh-cut Christmas tree from the farm and receive an exclusive Golden Ticket. The Golden Ticket provides complimentary access for up to five people to visit Santa at Santa’s Cabin. No reservations are required for Christmas tree purchasers.
Not purchasing a Christmas tree from the farm this year? For 2026, Elliott Tree Farm is making a limited number of advance-purchase tickets available on select weekends: November 14 and 15, November 21 and 22, and December 12 and 13.
It gives even more families the opportunity to step into the most magical Santa experience in the GTA and create a holiday memory they will treasure for years to come.
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Always Complimentary When You Buy a Christmas Tree
Visiting Santa has long been part of the Christmas tree tradition at Elliott Tree Farm.
Families purchasing a cut-your-own
tree from the farm’s Christmas tree plantations or a fresh-cut tree from the Fieldstone Tree Cellar will receive one complimentary Golden Ticket for up to five people.
The Santa’s Cabin Experience is available to Christmas tree purchasers on weekends from November 14 to December 13, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
No advance Santa reservation is required when purchasing a Christmas tree.
New for 2026: Limited Tickets for Non-Tree Purchasers
New for 2026: Limited Tickets for Non-Tree PurchasersFamilies who are not planning to purchase a Christmas tree from Elliott Tree Farm can still take part in the Santa’s Cabin Experience this year.
A limited number of tickets will be available to purchase online in advance for:
- November 14 and 15
- November 21 and 22
- December 12 and 13
This new ticket option gives families another way to experience the farm at Christmas while keeping the traditional Santa visit complimentary for Elliott Tree Farm Christmas tree customers.
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The Santa’s Cabin Experience
Climb aboard The Santa Express, weather permitting, and travel through Santa’s Enchanted Forest on the way to Santa’s Cabin. Families can also enjoy the walk through the Enchanted Forest when the Santa Express is not operating.
At Santa’s Cabin, children can share their Christmas wishes with Santa and Mrs. Claus, take their own family photos and receive a maple lollipop.
Along the way, families can discover some of the farm’s most unique Christmas photo opportunities, including Santa’s Airplane, a vintage 1947 Cessna 120 recently retired from the North Pole, and the Elf Mobile, used by Santa’s elves to help move toys from the workshop to the sleigh.
The Santa’s Cabin Experience also includes a complimentary tasting flight of Elliott Tree Farm maple syrup.
Dogs are welcome throughout the farm and must remain on leash.
Make a Day of It at Elliott Tree Farm
The Santa’s Cabin Experience is just one part of a Christmas visit to Elliott Tree Farm.
Families can head into the plantations to choose and cut their own Christmas tree or explore the magical Fieldstone Tree Cellar, filled with fresh-cut Fraser Fir and Balsam Fir trees.
After finding the perfect tree, warm up with hot drinks and food inside the heated Horse Barn Canteen, gather around one of the farm’s cozy outdoor bonfires or browse the circa 1850 Heritage Gift Barn for handmade wreaths and bows, locally sourced gifts and Elliott Tree Farm’s award-winning pure Ontario maple syrup.
Visitors can also explore the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario, featuring a one-of-a-kind collection of Indigenous, pioneer and early modern artifacts that preserve the history of maple syrup production in Ontario.
Elliott Tree Farm’s Golden Harvest Maple Syrup was named one of the Top 20 Best Maple Syrups in the World by TasteAtlas in 2025, giving visitors the opportunity to taste internationally recognized maple syrup right where it is produced.
With Christmas trees, Santa, festive farm attractions, maple syrup, food, shopping, bonfires and plenty of photo opportunities, a visit to Elliott Tree Farm can easily become a full family Christmas outing.
There is no general farm entrance fee or parking fee.
Step Into a Real Christmas Movie Location
Step Into a Real Christmas Movie LocationVisitors to Elliott Tree Farm this Christmas may recognize some familiar scenery from the screen.
The farm was featured as the Christmas tree farm location in the 2025 Netflix holiday film A Merry Little Ex-Mas, starring Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson and Jameela Jamil. Scenes were filmed throughout the property, including the Christmas tree fields, heritage buildings and countryside setting that guests experience when they visit the farm.
In the film, Elliott Tree Farm was transformed into the fictional Knotty Pines Christmas Tree Farm, making a visit to The Santa’s Cabin Experience an opportunity to step into some real holiday movie magic.
Families can walk the same paths, visit the same farm setting and create their own Christmas memories in a location seen on Netflix.
An Authentic Christmas Tree & Maple Syrup Farm Within an Hour of the GTA
Elliott Tree Farm is an iconic circa 1850 family Christmas tree and maple syrup farm located north of the scenic village of Hillsburgh in the Town of Erin, within an hour of the GTA and conveniently located between Winston Churchill Boulevard and Trafalgar Road.
The family farm has been creating authentic Christmas traditions and warm family memories since 1983.
Each winter, the farm transforms into a classic Christmas destination with cut-your-own and fresh-cut Christmas trees, The Santa’s Cabin Experience, The Santa Express, Santa’s Airplane, cozy bonfires, farm trails, the Horse Barn Canteen, Heritage Gift Barn, Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario and award-winning maple syrup and much more.
Whether families are returning for their annual Christmas tree tradition or experiencing Elliott Tree Farm for the first time, the farm offers a place to slow down, spend time together and experience an authentic Christmas in the countryside, all within an hour of the GTA.
