Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
with Karen's cousins at
Bronner's in Frankenmuth, Michigan
The World's Largest Christmas Store
June 11, 2013
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Bronner's
features a fantastic selection of Christmas ornaments and trims, trees,
Christmas lights, nativities, collectibles, Christmas cards, garlands,
stockings, Advent calendars, wreaths, giant displays and much more.
Of more than 6,000 styles of ornaments which Bronner's carries, half
of the glass ornaments are Bronners exclusive designs. |
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Bronner's
Christmas Wonderland is the "Worlds Largest Christmas Store."
Designed with an Alpine architecture and operating year-round, the building
is 7.35 acres in size with landscaped grounds covering
27 acres. Outside the entrance are three 17-foot tall outdoor Santas
and a 15-foot tall snowman. Inside, there are approximately 800 animated
figurines at various locations throughout the store. Bronners parking
lot can accommodate up to 1,080 cars and 50 buses. Some 100,000 lights
illuminate Bronners half-mile long Christmas Lane in the evening. Michigan
designated Bronners as an "Embassy for Michigan Tourism" in 1976. Bronners
employs over 500 people during the holiday season (between October and
Christmas). |
Bronners
inventory exceeds 50,000 trims and gifts, including Christmas ornaments,
artificial Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Nativity scenes, Christmas
decorations, collectibles, and similar goods. Each year, approximately
600,000 glass ornaments, 530,000 feet of garland, 150,000 postcards
and 86,000 light sets (nearly 530 miles of light cords) are sold. |
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Trivia:
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Bronners electrical bill averages $1,250 per day.
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If all the light sets sold in one year at Bronners were stretched
out in a continuous line, they would span approximately 530 miles.
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Billboards advertising Bronners are spread out as far south as
Lake City, Florida on I-75, and as far west as Missouri.
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Wally Bronner, a devout Lutheran, always insisted on capitalizing
the CHRIST in "CHRISTmas Wonderland."
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1. Bronner's features over 50,000 trims and gifts for all seasons,
reasons and budgets.
2. More than 350 decorated Christmas trees are beautifully displayed
in Bronner's salesroom.
3. More than 700 whimsical, animated figures enchant guests in the
salesroom.
4. As many as 100,000 individual lights illuminate the salesroom.
5. Decorations and gifts from 70 nations can be found at Bronner's.
6. Bronner's stocks Merry Christmas ornaments in more than 70 languages.
7. Bronner's carries Bibles in numerous languages.
8. About 1,000figurines comprise Bronner's Hummel collection.
9. Bronner's complete collection of Precious Moments figurines numbers
have many of each subject produced for purchase
10. Bronner's carries over 150 styles of nutcrackers.
11. There are over 500 different styles of Nativity scenes for guests
to enjoy in the Bronner salesroom.
12. Bronner's patented life-size Nativity has been shipped to all
the continents.
13. Over 6,000 different styles of unique ornaments are featured at
Bronner's.
14. Bronner's artists personalize over 100,000 ornaments annually.
One of Bronner's ornament artists has personally hand painted millions
of ornaments during her 25 years at Bronner's.
15. Each year, approximately 1.3 million glass ornaments and 135,000
light sets are sold at Bronner's.
16. If all the light sets sold in one year at Bronner's were stretched
out in a continuous line, they would span approximately 530 miles.
17. Nearly 700,000 feet of garland are sold at Bronner's annually.
18. Visitors purchase 100,000 postcards of Bronner's each year.
19. Half of the items Bronner's carries sell for under $10, and two
thirds are priced under $20.
20. Bronner's Annual Dated Christmas ornament series originated in
1974.
21. Bronner's annual Birth of Christ ornament series was introduced
in 1986 with the ornament entitled The Annunciation.
22. Bronner's introduced a new Ethnic Christmas Customs ornament in
1987. A Merry Christmas greeting in a particular country's language
is featured on the front side of the ornament with a brief description
of the country's Christmas customs on the reverse side.
23. Bronner's produced its first, custom annual ornament form in 2000. |
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