It is very cold in the Far North. Winter is difficult for the Innu. Among the trees of the forest, the Grand-Manitu, a great spirit of good, seeks the one who will bring joy to all. Could it be the larch, with which the Innu make sleds, bows or ointments? The birch, malleable and robust? Or the magnificent black spruce? “Do you want to become the Christmas tree?” he asks each one. But one after the other, the trees decline his offer. All… except one, which the Grand-Manitu had initially ignored…
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