With Thanksgiving officially behind us, it's prime time to go Christmas tree shopping — and in Belmont, a longstanding tree tradition returns money back to the community and to charity.

The Belmont Lions Club has been offering trees for nearly 70 years, since 1957. The trees have been coming from the same Nova Scotia farm for nearly seven decades.

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Donations to the Lion's holiday tip jar go to a good cause. This year, the recipient is the Barton Center for Diabetes Education. The group's president gets to pick the charity each year.

"I’ve always been diabetic and I don’t think twice about it," Ken Krilla said. "Technology has been very generous, and the Boston area has been phenomenal to live in.”

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