Last Minute Christmas Tree? Talk to the Lions
Belmont Lions Club has a few left but you better hurry.
It was 10 days until Christmas and the Giallongo family still didn't have a tree for their living room. "It's been a busy holiday season," said Paula Giallongo as she, her husband Steve and the twins, Connor and Emma, were preparing to purchase a nice, tall evergreen from the Belmont Lions Club at the foot of the commuter rail station on a sunny and cool Saturday, Dec. 15. "(Christmas) sort of snuck up on us," she said, adding that they usually rely on Grace, the youngest sibling, to select the tree but she's been sick and the attempt to "bring" her to Belmont Center via their iPad didn't work out. "She always picks out the best tree," said Giallongo as volunteers prepared to wrestle to tree onto the roof of the family car. "But this is…
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