A balsam fir tree glows with genuine candlelight in the home of Elsa Putzier in Bigfork. Putzier hand-selects her trees, looking for flat, strong branches and spread-out limbs to help ensure the tree will not catch fire.
(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
December 24, 2017
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December 24, 2017 4 a.m.
Swiss native preserves age-old holiday custom
In the quiet of this Christmas Eve, Elsa Putzier will carefully light the candles attached to the branches of her Christmas tree, and a bit of nostalgia will set in.