AKRON, Ohio — One of Northeast Ohio’s warmest holiday traditions opens Saturday, and every tree inside it is for sale for a good cause. Akron Children’s 45th annual Holiday Tree Festival runs November 14 through 22 at the John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill Street in downtown Akron, the hospital announced.
The free festival will feature 154 decorated trees, 84 wreaths and 179 holiday gifts for purchase, according to Akron Children’s. The trees run from classic themes — angels, gingerbread men, candy canes, snowmen and woodland animals — to pop-culture creations tying in Dolly Parton, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Charlie Brown, Dory and the Grinch, the hospital says.
The festival is presented by the volunteers of Akron Children’s and is the hospital’s single biggest fundraising event. Since its beginning, it has raised over $7.9 million to benefit medical research, education and patient care programs at Akron Children’s, according to the hospital…