Here at Shenandoah Newz, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! This is a repost of an article we did in 2014. This was the year that the Shenandoah Beautification Committee (SBC) unveiled their famous Christmas Truck at Big Gem Park.
At first glance you might think the attached Christmas truck picture is a Norman Rockwell Christmas card. It’s actually the result of a lot of hard work from the Shenandoah Beautification Committee’s Christmas decorations at Big Gem Park in Shenandoah. The truck is on loan from Richard Auto Salvage on Comertown Road in Shenandoah. The group went to the salvage yard looking for an antique truck. David Stepp told them to look around and pick anything they wanted. Once they got it in place, the team went to work outlining the truck with colored Christmas lights and placed a Christmas tree with white lights in the bed of the truck. The community has fallen in love with the truck! It seems like every time you drive by the location, someone is taking a picture of the truck with family and friends. The Beautification Committee is also responsible for the wonderful decorations in Big Gem Park, to include the hand made Peace, Joy, Love & Hope display made by Todd Shenk owner of Riverside Woodworks. They also set up the small representation of the Nativity scene across the highway from Big Gem Park. Committee members are Amenda Wood- President, Sharon Shenk, Sue Kite, Phil Secrest, Betty Secrest, Connie Switzer, Phyllis Campbell, Susie Stepp, Linda West, Peggie Rhinehart, Joyce Shifflett and Bonnie Housden. Photos courtesy Shenandoah Newz cohost Amos Thomas.
Update: From Shenandoah Newz Facebook page on December 14, 2024 Under a picture of the First Christmas Truck, Tracy Triggs indicated that the old truck used to be her father’s truck before going to Stepps Salvage yard.
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