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Are you ready for the big turkey day? We have put together a quick list of our Thanksgiving dinner prep essentials PLUS Decor ideas to make a house a warm Fall-themed home!

Mark Roberts will broadcast directly from his studios in Santa Ana, California, for a very special Afternoons with Mark on Facebook Live! Every show features his beloved creations!

In much the same way my father, Bill Snyder, and his business partner, Glen Forbes, built their business, Christopher Radko started his vision for a company that offered the festive holiday heirlooms his family lost.

Back in 1981 Bill Snyder and Glen Forbes formed a partnership with Irv and Julie Keller, owners of Keller's of Modesto, to create an import company known at Christmas Ornaments LTD. Together they leveraged their buying power along with over a dozen independent store who comprised the William Glen Catalog Association, to purchase mouth-blown, hand-painted glass Christmas ornaments from West Germany.

“Mark is picking up the pieces and carrying on the legacy,” Carole Kassis says. “Nothing’s forever, that’s for sure. Except death and taxes, that’s forever. But everything has a circle.”

Christmas & Company and Chef’s Mercantile opened for business on Oct. 7 (2010) in the newly remodeled Ebner House and Empire Hotel located on K Street in Old Sacramento.