It's a sign that the holidays are upon us: some Minnesota Christmas tree farms opened their doors on Friday.

It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but as soon as Kavan Christmas Tree Farm in Lino Lakes opened at 9 a.m., customers were ready.

"It's a beautiful day today. What more can you do on a beautiful morning like this than come out and pick out a Christmas tree ," said customer Craig McNulty.

"Last year I think we came in on the last day, so we wanted to get it started a little earlier and celebrate the holidays for longer this year," said customer Lily Jones.

Owner Steve Kavan formerly worked in finance, but he started planting trees seven years ago on his farm and opened for the first time last year. This season, he has more than 1,300 Christmas trees available.

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