TREASURES FOR YOUR TREE

TREASUR E for yourTree S

Find Kane County-themed ornaments at these local shops

By Chris Walker | Photos provided by The Little Traveler and Batavia Depot Museum

Finding Tri-Cities-themed ornaments for your Christmas tree may be challenging, but not nearly as difficult as surviving the festive season without hearing Wham’s “Last Christmas.”

Most would agree that Perry Como’s “(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays” is more pleasant on the ears and fitting for those who would like to add an ornament highlighting the local scene to their tree this year. As one might expect, The Little Traveler has such ornaments, including wood laser cut ornaments specifically for Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles. The Fabyan Woodmill is used for “The Windmill City” of Batavia, a bicycle rides between two trees for “A Picture Postcard” for the Geneva ornament while the St. Charles one depicts two foxes and a riverboat for “The Pride of the Fox.” One can also purchase a

blue acrylic ornament bearing the Geneva name in white from The Little Traveler.

“The wood laser ornaments have been made special with details for each of the towns,” says Marylou Campbell, manager/buyer for Christmas and the gift gallery at The Little Traveler. “We also sell them year round and have a section with ornaments for all of the states because people come here from all over and like to bring something back home with them.” The Curious Fox Gift Shop in the St. Charles History Museum still is offering a brass Christmas ornament that features the front of the St. Charles History Museum. It’s the lone ornament that the shop is carrying at this time. While its last ornament is already four years old, the Geneva Store at City Hall is open Monday through Friday and has some of its city-themed ornaments from prior years still available. These pewter ornaments have a 2.25-inch diameter and are available for $8 each.

Its most recent ornament, the ninth part in a series of citythemed ornaments, is the 2018 Fabyan Windmill, which was built in the mid-1800s and moved to Geneva from Lombard in 1914 after being purchased by George Fabyan. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places. The five remaining city-themed ornaments that the Geneva Store also carries include the 2017 Peck Farm House, 2016 Moore House, which is now the home to the Little Traveler, the 2015 Patten House along with City Hall in 2011 as well as 2012.

Unfortunately, the Geneva Store discontinued making and selling new ornaments after 2019.

Dishique’s clever collection of online gifts includes both a Geneva and St. Charles holiday ornament that will be sure to be a conversation piece for those who truly love where they call home. These 3-inch porcelain disk ornaments feature a plaid bow on top with some of the city’s best features listed vertically in green letters in assorted fun fonts so that it looks like a tree.

Batavia Park District’s Depot Museum Gift Shop has a small assortment of ornaments from over the years including the175year anniversary of Batavia (18332008) on genuine 24K gold flashed brassas well as similar ones of the 50-year anniversary of the Batavia Park Districtand Holy Cross Church, among others.

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