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Jessey Njau is spreading his own version of holiday cheer by giving out free Christmas trees.

This is the third year Njau, a 42-year-old father of two, has offered the trees, stacked in front of his Etobicoke home.

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An urban farmer, he shells out $200 each year — or whatever expendable income he can afford — to purchase trees from Zawati Farm, a local farm his friend runs about 80 km. northwest of Toronto.

“Initially, I did it because when I switched from IT to urban farming, I saw there was a fair bit of generosity within the farming community and that really made me rethink why I do the things I do and made me want to share whatever resources I have,” he said.

“Trees was a good one.”

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He began to hear stories from newcomers to the city who never had a Christmas tree before and who couldn’t afford one.

“It just became a thing I wanted to do for people every year,” he said.

In years past, he gave up to around 40 trees, but this year he received 20. He began giving them away on Monday, advertising the offer on Reddit Toronto for people to come to his Tandridge Cres. home for pick-up — in the Albion Rd. and Hwy. 401 area.