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Christmas with the Fishers

Deb Abraham Spalding

Do you know healing have limited
what time it is? It’s their display.
Christmas time at The Fishers moved
the Fishers’ house in to Lewistown in 1975.
Lewistown! Ginger Charles is a career oil
and Charles Fisher man, who retired after
have been collecting thirty-eight years with
unique Christmas items Ewing. Ginger spent
over the past forty- Photos by Deb Abraham Spalding her thirty-seven-year
two years. Judging career with the federal
from their immense government in budget
collection, they look and accounting at
forward to Christmas Fort Ritchie until it
time. closed in 1998; she
The Fishers didn’t then worked at Fort
set out to collect Detrick for the last ten
Christmas items, but Charles and Ginger Fisher, shown with Charles’ favorite piece in the Just a small part of Ginger and Charles Fisher’s unique Christmas years of her career.
they both had the Christmas collection: a ceramic Christmas Village that Ginger made. collection, collected over the past forty-two years. Charles identified
interest and it slowly his most favorite—
caught on. lights flash to a tune; Christmas trees filled room, you’ll find penguins of his many favorites—in the
Today, you will find hundreds of spin and dance; elves talk when you that read stories to their young, and Christmas collection: a ceramic
festive mechanical accoutrements walk by; and a penguin sings “Jingle others that sing and dance their way Dickens Christmas Village that
that fill their home with song, Bells” when you clap. across the floor. Ginger made from greenware and
sparkle, movement, and Christmas The Fishers have family over each In the snowman room, you then painted.
color. Santa’s Marching Band taps year and invite guests for cookie know you’ll find a whole bunch Ginger’s favorite is the nativity
out seventeen holiday tunes; singing exchanges and open houses. During of…snowmen! The Coca-Cola scene that is prominently displayed.
Santas croon holiday favorites, story- Christmas and Easter, they make collection and nativity area can’t
telling Santas tell tales of Christmases candy—lots and lots of candy! help but catch your eye. They also Note: Ginger has donated 35 gallons
long-long ago (Santas range in size There may seem to be no rhyme or have extensive outdoor decorations, of blood. She began in 1972. She
from life-size to very small); snow reason to the Fisher’s collection until including a nativity set, nine was also the first Frederick County
globes line up in unique sizes and you realize that there are collections reindeer, several blow ups, and Fire Prevention Queen in 1977,
scenes; flying Santas really do fly; within the collections. In the penguin- more. Keep in mind that health and representing Lewistown.