Columbus woman featured in ‘New York Post’ for collection that attracts visitors from around the world 

Barbara Hardesty of Columbus, OH is the opposite of The Grinch. 

She boasts 727 Christmas trees in her home, and her unique collection is attracting visitors from all around the world. Hardesty told The New York Post that a couple from Hawaii just visited her home to view the trees, as well as people from Spain, Florida, and Pennsylvania. So far, she’s had 900 guests come see her collection.

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Hardesty opens her home to the public on Saturdays and Sundays during the holiday season, with more than 20,000 lights twinkling in her home. She’s always been an avid collector of Christmas trees, but she told The New York Post that after she was diagnosed with endometrial cancer back in 2011, “her Christmas spirit hit overdrive.”

She also recently broke the world record for “Most Decorated Christmas Trees in One House.”

Visitors can donate to either Faith missions, a local homeless shelter, or The Refuge, a rehabilitation center. Last year, she raised more than $2,700.
View her Facebook here!

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