Signs

(12) “Can you hear the bell ring?” is homage to The Polar Express.  The bell rings for all of those who truly believe.  The materials for this sign were broken down from redwood timbers that made up my childhood sandbox.  Dad originally built the box for my brother over 45 years ago.  The wood has been stored in Dad’s wood shop for almost 40 years.  Several pieces still remain.  

(13) “What a strange way to save the world” is also from the sandbox.  The sign is inspired by a Christmas song celebrating the uniqueness of Jesus’s birth, and the strange way God chose to save us.  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16.  The song is part of the display’s music play list.

(14) The “North Pole” sign, found atop the candy cane street light, is painted on scrap from Dad’s wood shop.  “Merry Christmas” is painted on an old oak table top my mother in law purchased at a surplus store.  The table served as my home office desk for a number of years.  Both North Pole and Merry Christmas were painted by a young women who lived with us while she attended and worked her way through college.

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