![]() ![]() ![]() When you find a piece, you exchange it for a ticket to enter a drawing to win the entire crèche. The scavenger hunt is a search through the museum galleries for pieces from a Nativity set. Among the items for sale will be two new ones, introduced at Fall Festival in October: a threshing stone pendant and a tote embroidered with the Bethel College logo.Īt Kauffman Museum, there will be Christmas items in the museum store, sale tables and three new books for sale (two children’s books, Swords to Plowshares by Lisa Weaver and Big Brutus, the Kansas Coal Shovel by Marilyn Eck with illustrations by Bethel student Jessie Pohl, and a collection of Bob Regier’s bird art, From Avocet to Yellowthroat).Īnnette LeZotte’s talk is at 11 a.m. In addition to the display, BCWA will have baked goods and “homemade candy by the pound” for sale, with all proceeds going to Bethel College.Īnother popular treat: fresh cinnamon rolls, with a free cup of coffee when you buy one, “so you can just sit and take in the spirit of the season,” Schrag said.īCWA will also sponsor a Holiday Gift Shop. The children’s versions are easier for them.” “Our family has a tradition of having the youngest reader in the family read the Christmas story before we open gifts. ![]() “Some are old-time favorites and have been read and reread for decades, and it’s nice to share them with a new generation of children,” she said. This year, Schrag said, there will be a book nook, furnished with one of her collections: children’s Christmas books. Last year, BCWA’s display of Nativities included a table where children could handle and play with some of them. Most of the Santas were painted by my mother, Nancy Schroeder.” ![]() “He worked as a teacher, coach and public school administrator, and he built fine furniture until arthritis made it difficult for him to work with large pieces. “Dad was an industrial arts major and played basketball at Bethel,” said Schroeder, Goessel. Kathy Schroeder’s father, Calvin Schroeder, carved the Santas that make up her collection. My daughters were in Germany at the Christmas Markets last year and brought me a new one from there.” “I began collecting more blown-glass ornaments when I lived near Kansas City. “My mother-in-law, Lola Miller, gave me a blown-glass bird ornament when Steve and I first were married,” Miller said. Marcia Miller’s own collections include folded German stars and glass ornaments. We stopped there every once in a while and that is when I stumbled across Cherished Teddies.”įor the BCWA event, she’ll show the “winter scene” Teddies. “At that time, Wilson’s Drug Store was in Newton. “I started collecting Cherished Teddies when I was eight years old,” Julia said. Marcia Miller, Hesston, is sharing collections of her own plus those of her daughters, Julia Miller, Marion, and Audra Miller, San Francisco.Īfter Audra began collecting snow globes as a little girl, her twin, Julia, didn’t want to be outdone. are made of glass, ceramic, metal, pressed paper and molded plastic,” she said. “Some have been homemade, from handkerchiefs, paper, yarn, fabric and rags. Rachel Schrag Sommerfeld, Wichita, will bring her collection of angels. “I ordered the first plate because I love Santa and I like Coke, and I thought they’d make a nice addition to my other decorations,” she said. Karen Garcia, Newton, started collecting Coca-Cola Santa plates when she got a brochure in the mail several years ago. Schrag emphasized that “this space is very accessible” for those who might need wheelchairs or walkers to view “Christmas Collections.” They will be displayed on tables inside the Luyken Fine Arts Center, starting at the west door by the parking lot. There will be Christmas villages, blown-glass ornaments, snowmen, snow globes, German candle pyramids and star ornaments, among others. Judy Schrag, Newton, a member of the planning committee for the event, said more than 25 people will bring their collections. The Christmas collections, which include Christmas ornaments and other items, will be placed “around the circle” in Bethel College’s newly renovated and refurbished Luyken Fine Arts Center. “5 Places of Christmas” locations are open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 6 in Newton and North Newton, BCWA will present Christmas collections of all kinds.Ī second “5 Places of Christmas” location on the Bethel campus is Kauffman Museum, at the corner of Main and 27th Streets in North Newton, with special features including an indoor scavenger hunt and a talk by museum director Annette LeZotte on “Nuns and Nativity Cradles.” – Local residents’ love of collecting will be on display for the Bethel College Women’s Association’s contribution to “5 Places of Christmas.”Īs part of the annual event, Dec. ![]()
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