--- title: Beaver Goes Shopping for Christmas Decorations in Maryland description: A rogue beaver got into the holiday spirit by "shopping" for Christmas decorations in St. Mary's county, Maryland. canonical: https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-01T17:22:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:04.802Z og:title: This Beaver Went Shopping for Christmas Decorations og:description: 'Tis the season og:url: https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Beaver Went Shopping for Christmas Decorations twitter:description: 'Tis the season twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Beaver Got in The Holiday Spirit By Shopping for Christmas Decorations  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 1, 2016 5:22 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 1, 2016 5:22 PM UTC If you’re looking for a heartwarming story of [Christmas cheer](http://time.com/4578685/first-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-lighting/) during the [holidays](http://time.com/4543146/true-stories-movies-2016-holidays/), look no further than this precocious beaver in Charlotte Hall, Maryland who got into the spirit of the season this week by doing some [casual Christmas shopping](http://time.com/4566825/gift-guide-tech-gadgets-technology-shopping-black-friday-christmas/) in a local dollar store. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s office was called to the scene when the rogue beaver was spotted calmly perusing Christmas trees and boxes of decorations in the store. “Cpl. Yingling had a unique call for service when the suspect \[pictured below\] was witnessed causing property destruction at a store in Charlotte Hall,” the office shared on Twitter. They later [updated](https://twitter.com/firstsheriff/status/804071529755672576?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) that the festive beaver was “safely rescued by animal control and was released to a wildlife rehabilitator.” See photos of the beaver shopping below. > [](https://twitter.com/firstsheriff/status/804066548134662147) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/"},"headline":"This Beaver Got in The Holiday Spirit By Shopping for Christmas Decorations","datePublished":"2016-12-01T17:22:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:04.802Z","description":"'Tis the season","url":"https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","animals","Holidays","Humor","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4587277/beaver-christmas-shopping/","name":"This Beaver Got in The Holiday Spirit By Shopping for Christmas Decorations"}}]}] ```