You’re invited to Christmas dinner

By Joan Janzen

The old Christmas tune, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” proves to be true in Kindersley. Not only is the snow glistening, Christmas lights and festive trees on display, but there’s an open invitation to a sumptuous Christmas feast which will be served on December 25th.

Jackie Oswald from Jackie’s Delicious Delights is planning a Christmas meal (turkey with all the trimmings) that is open to the public. Of course, she will have a lot of help because this idea is made possible thanks to the valuable contributions from the community and local businesses.

“The idea came from my adult kids, Andrew and Kristin Schmidt,” Jackie explained. That idea was enough incentive for Jackie, who contacted David Burke from the Legion. The Legion agreed to donate the use of the Legion Hall for the event. “Shawn and I discussed who we would want as partners in the meal, and we decided to stay agricultural-based, being I am also located on a farm.”

Jackie and her husband reached out to the agricultural community, and they were not disappointed. “Everyone we asked has stepped up generously,” she said. Those stepping up to help out are Springfield Farming Company, G-Mac’s Ag Team, Farmlink (Judy Burt), Viterra, and Farm Credit Corporation.

The meal will be served at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Day, with ID and proof of vaccination required. Take-out meals will also be available “as we are suspecting lots of people will want take-out, and depending on the weather, we can do drop-offs too,” she said. To have some idea of how many people will be attending, Jackie said it would be helpful to compile a list of names of those who wish to attend and those who would prefer a take-out meal.

As for the hands-on work of preparing the meal, Jackie said all her family will be helping, along with Laurie Kelly from Brock and Judy Burt from Farmlink, “But we will accept help on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,” she concluded.