Compact, year-round Christmas boutique gift shop, that apparently specializes in wines, gnomes and gnomish trinkets. Lots of cute trinkets, ornaments, home décor and gift items for that special someone in your life that starts putting up Christmas decorations in September (or never takes them down all year long)!
My wife picked out a cute pair of earrings, and a little silver bell shaped like a gnome, for good luck. It seemed to work pretty well in our favor, holding off the worst of the bad weather for the rest of our stay in Mount Angel!
For a seasonal curmudgeon (such as myself), that insists that all holidays be celebrated in their due time (and not a single day early!), even I had to admit that I got the warm fuzzies while browsing the shelves and displays here, despite it being several months until the acceptable start date of the Christmas season (the day after Thanksgiving, FYI). Only the Grinchiest of Grinches won't find something worth smiling over here. read more