Resources by Phyllis Rensink

Chrismons -- a Meaningful Celebration
Christmas Creativity Symbolism
September 1, 1987

In 1957 the Ascension Lutheran Church of Danville, Virginia, added something new to their celebration of Advent. They brought a Christmas tree into their sanctuary and covered it with special three-dimensional symbols and monograms. Mrs. F. Spencer, the creator of these ornaments, called them Chrismons, a word she coined by combining two other words: Christ and monogram.

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