A nice hat and some cowboy boots is what some call “Western Tradition”, but I grew up where “Western Tradition” was a deep serious statement. It was your character, your way of life. Your word was your bond. If you told someone you were going to do something, you did it......!!!!!!!! When you were making a deal, you dealt with one person at a time, you didn’t have more than one deal going at once. You didn’t selections. Music is kind of my life.” She teaches piano and plans are to have a piano in the building. She is not sure just how many Santas and snowmen she has. Some are hand-carved antiques. “I have lots and lots of angels. My nativities are probably my favorite. I have over 200 of those.
This all started with my mom when I was growing up. She made her own decorations and figures and I have some of them on display. I made some, too. Every square inch of space is used for the display. Shay says they might need to put an addition on the building. He says everywhere a family member goes, they pick up items to add to the collection. “My mom used to have Christmas displays in her classrooms and every year she would add new ones. There were boxes and boxes of them that we went through to set this up.
It took a gooseneck trailer to haul the items to this building. School kids and other groups have field trips to come see this collection. “ Jo retired in July of last year. It took from July to December to set up the display. There is no admission charge and nothing is for sale.