I’m home today decorating my own Christmas tree. Although we have two trees on our front porch with lights, we only truly decorate one tree at our house now that the kids are all grown. I would say this tree is decorated fairly typically with some ornaments my husband and I each brought with us from childhood, some ornaments made by our kids or nieces and nephews, and some ornaments we have collected over our 32+ years of marriage.
The same cannot be said for the almost 50 uniquely decorated trees at our 20th Annual Christmas Tree Display: “Ring Christmas Bells.” While I won’t spoil your upcoming visit by showing pictures of all the trees, I will tease you with a list of all the themes of the trees
- Names of Jesus
- Let It Go
- Woodlands
- Wisemen Still Seek Him
- Gardening and Almanac
- He Shall Be Called (ornaments made by United in Christ Lutheran School students)
- All Stars (ornaments made by Altenburg Public School students)
- Ladder
- The Four Seasons
- Cradle to the Cross
- Red Poinsettia
- Butterfly
- Gold
- German Feather
- Tinsel
- Upside-down
- Christmas Memories
- Farr-Roth Feather
- 12 Days of Christmas
- Away in a Manger
- Straw Ornament
- Musical Heritage
- Toy
- Santa, Santa Everywhere
- Country Vintage Sewing
- Hats and Accessories
- Cardinal
- From Cellar to Stein
- Farm Heritage
- Crystal and Floral
- Delftware
- Nutcracker & Smoking Men
- Rollin’ Down the River
- Tannenbaum
- Ancestor Immigration
- German Lace
- Postal Memory
- Pine Cone
- Scherenschnitte
- In Service and Honor
- Copper
- Angel
- LWML
- Red & White
- Nativity
- Copper Wedding
- East Perry Winter
Everyone can find at least one tree that catches their eye and interest!
You can see of glimpse of each of these trees (as well as many of the nativities we have on display) on the video on our website https://lutheranmuseum.com/ (scroll down a little on the home page).
While you’re on our website, be sure to explore our online store, where you’ll find a variety of books available for purchase. These resources help support our mission to preserve, present, and promote the history of German Lutheran immigration to Perry County, MO.
We also invite you to consider making a donation to our museum. Your contribution ensures that we can continue our important work for years to come. This can be done on the website as well.
If you’re not yet on our mailing list and would like to receive our end-of-year letter featuring highlights from 2024, please feel free to reach out. You can email us at lutheranheritagecenter@gmail.com or give us a call at 573-824-6070 with your name and address.
Thank you for supporting the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum!
The Christmas trees will be up until January 15th. We are open 10am – 4pm daily and admission is always free. See you soon!