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Hundreds flock to tree farms, nurseries to purchase Christmas trees

Posted at 6:05 PM, Nov 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-30 15:22:48-05

COLORADO SPRINGS — With Thanksgiving over people are now switching gears to Christmas.

Black Friday and this weekend - a popular time for people to come out and purchase their Christmas trees.

On Friday, Harding Nursery in Colorado Springs kicked off their big open house.

Owner Kristen Burnside said, "We...have all of our cut trees and live Christmas trees - white fir, plantation fir, farm-grown plantation, fraser fir and noble fir."

Burnside said as of Friday afternoon the nursery had already sold about 300 trees just for that day.