816-Lancasler Farming, Saturday, December 8, 1990
Christmas And Gift Show
Draws Thousands
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
If you can’t find the perfect gift
at the Pennsylvania Christmas and
Gift Show, then you can’t find it
anywhere. The massive show, with
356 exhibitors and 434 booths,
held at the state Farm Show Com
plex on November 28 through
December 2, attracted 35,000
people.
This was the seventh year for the
show that is housed in 17 buildings
and eight tents at the Complex.
“Most people come to do their
holiday shopping because they
have a tremendous array from
which to buy,” said Dick Maho
ney, who organizes the annual
Although Albert Zulll and his wife, Marie, retired as post
masters, they carried their love for the antique post office
boxes with them by making miniature banks out of them.
Each bank has an original door with solid brass locks. The
couple also uses premium hardwoods to make clocks,
wooden Jewelry and other wooden creations.
Ruth Wonder Slllik of Lebanon fascinated young and old
with the antics of mopklns.
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This delightful snowman family Is an L. Payne Originals
from Weatherly.
show,
But the show isn’t all shopping.
To attend the workshops, demon
strations, and entertainment,
requires several days.
The Reading Company Techni
cal and Historical Society operates
a multi-train display with 100 feet
of track. Terry Lynn, a former ice
capades skater, presents a dazzling
ice show four times daily. Bands,
singers, and pianists appear for
daily entertainment.
Cooking clinics feature healthy,
economical meals that can be pre
pared in 15 minutes.
Craft demonstrations include
bow making, wreath making, scarf
tying, oil painting, doll accesso
ries, tree ornaments, swag arrange-
merits, and holiday cards
Those who like ideas for decor
ating Christmas trees and mantels,
found 28 decorated trees and six
Christmas displays among the
booths, which had such items as
earrings to match scarves, all nut
fruit cakes, cloth lampshades, and
lamps made from soda bottles.
Mahoney said, every year the
show is expanded. Next year, the
complete Christmas Ice Show
from Naples, Florida, will appear.
Every year, the five-day show
opens the first Wednesday after
Thanksgiving. For more informa
tion on the 1991 Pennsylvania
Christmas Show, write to P.O. box
37, Wallingford, PA 19086 or call
(717) 233-5100.
The Red Nose Reindeer
from Potomac, Maryland
displayed traditional home
made holiday ornaments,
wreaths, centerpieces, and,
of course, reindeer.
Delightful dolls dressed Ann Marie Webb of Columbia, Maryland, tempted shop
in holiday finery appeared in pers by offering them a sample of her Instant holiday
several displays. wassail.
Antoinette Caswell from the Lion’s View in West Falrview had an usual display of
hand-carved horses.
Those with a sweet tooth were delighted to find Steier
mark Goat Milk Fudge from Baltic, Ohio. Steiermark raises
Alpine goats and makes fudge in three different flavors.
Although paralyzed, Gary Tomlinson taught himself to
paint with his mouth. Shoppers were fascinated with his
realistic decoys of pheasant, quail, and ruffed grouse. Tom
linson’s Loft-N-Crafts Is located at 238 Red Hill Rd., Pequea.