As of January 10th, 2008, the Lake View Plaza edition of Kris Kringle Haus closed in Orland Park. Cleo and I wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our wonderful customers who made this last year a great succes. The strong turnouts for our two open haus events was exciting and gratifying. Karolyn Steinbach and Stefano Fontanini were most pleased. Fontanini sales for Stefano's visit were 50% more than for his brother Emanule's appearance last year, and the Steinbach event set a sales record for Kris Kringle Haus in our new, holiday only schedule. It could not have been done without your support - thanks!

The new season to come is off to an auspicious start, as almost one thousand new friends added their names to our annual mailing list - welcome aboard! There are now 15,000 people on our rolls, all of whom have submitted their name and address while visiting our haus or website; your confidence and loyalty is appreciated.

Cleo and I are anxious to start the new buying season (it starts in January - really!). To see what exciting new products our regular suppliers have, and what new vendors we can find in Europe and here, in the good old USA! Feel free to email us your suggestions.

We wish you the best of good luck and health in this new year, as always!

Your Hosts, Jim and Cleo Gierucki