Summer’s basically over, which means Christmas is right around the corner. That is, according to the folks at Bronner’s: This catalog arrived in the mail right before the Labor Day weekend.
Inside, you’ll find extraordinary ornaments to hang on your tree for a couple of weeks, and forget about while they stay boxed in a closet for 11 months of the year!
Bronner’s is pretty famous, and we’ve covered it once or twice before. To me, it is just a catalog. But if you’re lucky, you’ve visited the headquarters in Frankenmuth, Michigan, like our own Jessica Coen. “It’s huge,” she reports. “And located at 25 Christmas Lane.” That’s CHRISTmas lane, actually. Bronner’s likes to make sure you know you can’t have Christmas without Christ.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And he was in and around the Sinai Peninsula in 1 B.C., wearing a fur-trimmed red suit, and stopped by the stables when little Jésus Cristo was born. True story!
Hello Kitty is becoming quite the little opportunist. Seriously. Is there anything she won’t do?
An aligator wearing a tutu? No problem. Very cute. But the baton looks like a shower curtain rod. Did they have one of those in the manger?
Scenes from a confused childhood:
“Mommy, were there dinosaurs in the garden of Eden? Did Adam and Eve ride them?”
“It’s past your bedtime, honey. Brush your teeth.”
This page is awesome. If you like camping, log cabins, mushrooms and RVs, you’ll LOVE Bigfoot!
“Jesus Built My Hot Rod” isn’t just a song, you know. There is such a thing as the Chrsitian Hot Rod Association. FYI.