Gelkote

I was checking out my hometown paper the Wetzel Chronicle this evening when I came across an article about New Martinsville School art teachers Sonya Holliday and Deborah Tustin. The two were commended for their leadership and use of technology in art education by children’s art museum website ArtSonia. The K-8 school’s Artsonia Exhibit is ranked number one in West Virginia and 55th in the country for art posted. How neat is that?

The topic came up at lunch today, would it be possible to give Christmas gifts made in the US this year?

I’m thinking candy from places like Dietsch Brothers, Coons, Goetze’s and Spangler. Maybe beer or some booze from a US distillery.  How about something homemade from Etsy or your local artisans.  I suppose magazines and books could work too. They are still published and printed domestically these days, right?

Closer to where I grew up you have ThistleDew Farm and Mountain Crafts selling honey and wooden toys. Just down the river is Rossi Pasta and Fenton Glass.

If only there was a website encouraging folks to only buy US for Christmas. Hum, uschristmas.com & uschristmas.net are taken but uschristmas.info isn’t. How would this work with 42 days until Christmas?