Club members get Santa House ready for opening..

Santa House 2008

On Saturday November 22, 2008 a group of club members got together to start decorating the house for our annual Talk To Santa weekends. We have three weekends in which we will be open Saturday and Sunday. Starting December 6 & 7, the 13 & 14 and finishing with 20 & 21. We will have 4 Santa's this year, one of them being a new Santa for us and hopefully we can get him to join up for future events.
Jim Brown will open with Chuck Johnston following the next day. The next week it will be Jim Brown again and John Davis following on Sunday. The last weekend we will have Kevin Edwards and then John Davis closing for the year. It may vary if there should be some issues in which we need to change the Santa's around. We want the kids to enjoy their visits. We will be selling nuts, candies and popcorn on site and if you want to order any, you need to get your orders to Jan Reding by no later than 12-13 as that is the last day she will take orders for the year.
Look at the pictures below as we started to clean and set up.

Our North Pole sign on the outside of the house needed to be updated as it was weather cracked and needed a paint job. We had a person who was going to work on it but ran out of time and John took back the sign and the wooden letters that were to be used and painted and mounted them. These came out very good, nice job John.

Another picture of the sign John worked on.
Finished he proudly held it up for a picture.

Here is where we will get power from this year, so naturally members has to check it out.

Jim working on setting up lights and in the back ground, Dave E. and John are plugging cable to see if lights work.

Jim and John working on the outside.

Meanwhile, the ladies are working in the inside. They cleaned the windows on the outside and now setting up wreath and tree.

Here Ann and Annette are working on the tree.

Standing back waiting to see if the lights are going to work are Annette and Danni.

A finished tree with the new little fireplace that was given to us from Sam Packham to use.

ladies take a picture after they are done. Left to right (standing) Annette, Ann and Sheila, (in front) Carol and Danni.

Guys, left to right, John, Jim and Dave.

Thanks for all of your help. We look forward to those who will be helping during opened hours, please get with Chris Davis if you have not signed up.