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The 44th annual Akron Children’s Holiday Tree Festival is a free, nine-day event in downtown Akron.

The festival raises money for the hospital by selling trees, wreaths and holiday decor donated by community members.

Since its inception, the festival has raised approximately $7.6 million for Akron Children's Hospital.

The holiday season is kicking off in Greater Akron.

The first sure sign − aside from the first snowflakes in the air − that things are about to get all holly and jolly is the Akron Children’s Holiday Tree Festival.

This marks the 44th year of the festivities that includes a forest of decorated trees in the John S. Knight Center in downtown Akron.

The free event opens Saturday, Nov. 15 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 23.

The nine-day festival raises

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