Lutheran Church combines old and new for Christmas

FOND DU LAC REPORTER
December 23, 2011

A nativity set celebrates the season at St. Paul's Cathedral in Wisconsin

WISCONSIN -- The church ladies of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1600 S. Main St., make Chrismons — ornaments with Christian symbols. The homemade, woven-bead decorations include fish, crosses, crowns and other religious images. The women also sculpt doves and lambs from Styrofoam, said Donna Tetzlaff, one of the volunteers. Some ornaments feature musical themes because the Lutheran church is known as “the singing church.” Every Christmas, St. Paul’s Cathedral at 51 W. Division St. holds the Hanging of the Greens, in which volunteers set up a tree, evergreens, poinsettias and lights. The nativity set is believed to be 120 years old, said Helen Carew, one of three women who make up the church’s Flower Guild. The guild also includes Joann Sabel and Robyn Mojeska. The women provide greens and flowers year-round, but Christmas is a larger effort. [link]