Marie, an 8 month-old Nubian goat, nibbles on pine needles Saturday morning at the Christmas tree drop-off event at Smiling Hill Farm, where the trees are used to feed their goats.
Assistant barnyard manager Siobhan Bolinger, left, helps Gail Joyce of South Portland remove her tree from her vehicle at Smiling Hill Farm. Gail and her husband, Robert, donated their tree along with leftover carrots, apples, avocados and tomatoes they brought from the South Portland food bank.
Karen Latlippe, a farm hand at Smiling Hill Farm, delivers a donated Christmas tree to the goats during the farm's tree drop-off event.
Henry Fales, 2, of Westbrook visits with Pickles the donkey at the Christmas tree drop-off event at Smiling Hill Farm on Saturday.
Gracelyn Molleur, 2, and her dad, Chris, of Arundel, say hello to goats as the animals munch on donated Christmas trees at Smiling Hill Farm.
Farm employees Siobhan Bolinger and Karen Latlippe, farm hand, load up a donated Christmas tree.
Dinner soon will be served to sheep and goats as Connor McClure drags a couple trees to the pens at the Westbrook farm.
Goats munch on a donated Christmas tree Saturday.
It's a post-Christmas feast with many more to come for Marie, an 8 month-old Nubian goat who munches away on the fir needles of one of the many Yule trees dropped off Saturday morning at Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook, which will be accepting Christmas trees until next weekend.