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Kinsmen to start selling Christmas trees Monday night

The Estevan Kinsmen Club has started up a couple of its annual initiatives to help people get into the Christmas spirit. The first is its annual Christmas tree sales.
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The Estevan Kinsmen Club has started up a couple of its annual initiatives to help people get into the Christmas spirit.

The first is its annual Christmas tree sales. The sales started Monday evening and will continue until all of the estimated 200 trees have been sold.

People can swing by the Christmas tree lot at Canadian Tire on evenings and weekends to pick up their tree. Most of the trees are balsam firs, which are traditional Christmas trees, but they also have Fraser fir trees, which are more of a premium tree and are expected to be a hot commodity.

James Jones, who is the chairperson for the tree sales committee, said they brought in about half as many trees as they would usually have, because they weren’t sure how the economy would affect them.

“We’re hopeful for a strong start and that we’ll sell out in a couple of weeks,” said Jones.

The Kinsmen have had the Christmas tree lot for many years. They continue to do it because they like to see the smiles on people’s faces when they enter and select the perfect tree.

“Whether it be a big, monster 10-footer or it’s a little Charlie Brown tree, it’s just exciting to see kids and families light up when they pick out that tree, and then in turn we can take the profits that we make from it, and we can use it in the community to serve the community’s greatest needs,” said Jones.

“There’s lots of need in our community now, especially in light of everything that’s happening, so we are hopeful that we can pay it forward and use the funds in a responsible manner.”

Projects might include supporting Telemiracle next February or helping out youth organizations.

While they might not be able to see the smiles on the faces of the families as they pick out their tree, Jones said they’ll know people are excited.

“We’ll be smiling behind our masks,” said Jones. 

The Kinsmen have also switched to a cashless payment system to reduce contact points and follow procedures related to COVID. Debit and credit cards and e-transfers are among the options for payment.