Keeping Christmas
Germany in the late 1800s was the epicenter for craftsmen making Christmas décor and ornaments. One such craftsman was Richard Mahr. At the dawn of a new century, a time of upheaval and change, Mahr and his family overcame personal tragedies while navigating their company through the Great Depression, two world wars, a devastating fire, and the annexation of their homeland by the communist state.
Germany in the late 1800s was the epicenter for craftsmen making Christmas décor and ornaments. One such craftsman was Richard Mahr. At the dawn of a new century, a time of upheaval and change, Mahr and his family overcame personal tragedies while navigating their company through the Great Depression, two world wars, a devastating fire, and the annexation of their homeland by the communist state.
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