Bronner’s – September 10, 2015

West Entrance to Bronner’s
Well we finally made it to Bronner’s and what an adventure.  Here’s some Trivia about this store:

• 2.2 acres of salesroom displaying over 50,000 items.
• 27 acres of landscaped grounds with 7.35 acres of buildings on the campus
• The parking lot accommodates 1,250 cars and 50 buses
• The electric bill averages $1,250 per day
• Approximately 100,000 lights illuminate the 1/2 mile long Christmas Lane every evening
• There are over 50 styles of Nativity scenes in the store
• Each year they sell 2 million ornaments, over 400,000 feet of garland, and over 125,000 light sets which equates to 485 miles of light cords.
• Their staff personalizes over 400,000 ornaments per year.
• They say they get over 2 million visitors per year, but I didn’t see anyone at the door counting

We walked around this store for a little over 3 hours, mostly because I kept getting lost and I am certain we missed seeing every single thing.  The entire time we were in the store, Christmas music was playing and we both found ourselves singing along most of the time.  If this place doesn’t get you in the mood for Christmas, you are never going to get there.  Here are some pictures Jim took to try to show you the enormity of the store, but like so many other things, the picture is not like being there in person.

Entry area as we entered the West Entrance
 Aisles seem to go on forever  This is the  department where they will personalize any ornament for FREE

This place is so big they have a snack bar with seating area, which of course we had to take advantage of.