The Little Mountain Christmas tree, erected by volunteers, has lit up the hills in Tooele at Christmas time for 40 years.
A home on 670 North in Tooele lit up with a nativity set, Santa Claus, nutcrackers, angels and more in 2010.
Janey Colovich as Hellen, Brissa Jackson as Esther Jane and Jeff Dillon (middle right) as Flick rehearse a scene in “A Christmas Story” by LaForge Encore Theater at the Community Learning Center in 2011.
Community theater with a Christmas theme has become a Tooele County tradition. Students at St. Marguerite School rehearse the nativity play for the upcoming children’s mass in 2012. 
Vernon Elementary School students perform a Christmas play in 2013. The Christmas play is a 55-year old tradition in the community of Vernon.
Halie Anderson and Jon Wright as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier dance in their performance with the Tooele Valley Academy of Dance’s production of the Nutcracker at Tooele High School in 2014.
Sgt. Daniel Wetzel shakes Carson Spires hand after he and his mom Stephenie Spires contributed to Toys For Tots in 2015. Tooele County residents support a variety of charities that make sure all of Tooele County’s boys and girls find something under their tree on Christmas morning.
Tooele Police Detective Sgt. Lonnie Collings shops with Seth Wilcox during the 2016 annual Shop with a Cop program.
The 25th annual Winter Tree Festival took place at Tooele High School in 2017. Groups and classes decorated trees and raised funds to buy gifts for families in need.
Rand Johnson sings a solo in the Tooele Regional Chorus & Orchestra’s 2018 presentation of “Messiah” at Tooele High School. An annual Christmas tradition, Tooele Regional Chorus & Orchestra presented their 35th production of “Messiah” in 2019. 
Hundreds of creches were on display at the Tooele Valley Community Creche held at The Church of Latter-day Saints meeting house on Skyline Drive in Tooele in 2019. This was the first community creche. The sponsors hope to make it an annual event.
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Loading...Wednesday will be the last Christmas of the decade. When calendars are turned over on New Year’s Eve the 2010s will be gone and the 2020s will be ushered in.
Here are some photographs from the Transcript Bulletin’s 2010s album. They highlight some of the Christmas traditions that make the holidays a bright season in the lights and in the hearts of the people that call Tooele County home.
May people say of Tooele County what the narrator said about Scrooge after his visit from the three spirits of Christmas at the conclusion of the classic, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens: “And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!’’
