{"id":6904,"date":"2018-11-23T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2018-11-23T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:16:26","slug":"batavia-neighborhood-volunteers-brave-the-cold-temperatures-to-continue-the-christmas-tree-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/23\/batavia-neighborhood-volunteers-brave-the-cold-temperatures-to-continue-the-christmas-tree-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Neighborhood volunteers brave the cold temperatures to continue the Christmas tree tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Gordy Smith and Nick Zinni)<\/p>\n

Seven volunteers braved the cold temperatures on Friday morning to continue a tradition on Redfield Parkway.<\/p>\n

The Christmas tree drop off crew made their way up and down the street in about two hours, pounding in posts and dropping off 6-8 foot Fraser fir trees to about 58 homes.<\/p>\n

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Nick Zinni and his wife Ellen have been organizing the ordering and delivering of Christmas trees on Redfield Parkway for about 12 years.<\/p>\n

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Zinni says the 13 degree temperature this morning did not slow the process down. Gordy and Cindy Smith have the delivery process perfected. Cindy drives the couple’s pick up truck with a flatbed in tow that holds about 38 trees. Gordy rides along in the flatbed handing trees to Zinni and volunteer Jim Fitch who drop off the trees at each residence that purchased one.<\/p>\n

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(Michael Kubiniec and sons Robbie and Thomas)<\/p>\n

Trailing behind the drop off crew is volunteer Michael Kubiniec and his sons Robbie and Thomas who then measure and pound in the posts that were dropped off with the tree. A bamboo pole is used for measuring the exact area to put the post in each lawn.<\/p>\n

The tradition of Christmas trees on Redfield Parkway began in 1951, Harold Gouinlock, a resident of the street at the time, owned a Christmas tree farm in Attica and supplied the street with trees each year.<\/p>\n

The trees were purchased from Pudgies on West Main street in Batavia.<\/p>\n

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(Gordy Smith and Nick Zinni) Seven volunteers braved the cold temperatures on Friday morning to continue a tradition on Redfield Parkway. The Christmas tree drop off crew made their way up and down the street in about two hours, pounding in posts and dropping off 6-8 foot Fraser fir trees \u2026<\/p>\n

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