By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Megan Harrington
Megan Harrington, daughter of Mike and Jill Harrington, Geneseo, shows the 2025 Christmas Walk ornament, which reflects this year’s Christmas Walk theme of “Windows of Hope.” The limited number of ornaments are now being offered for sale at $20 each at Smith Studio and Gallery, 124 South State, RutabagA Studio & Gallery, 108 North State St., and Geneseo Art League, 125 North State St.
Dale Smith of Smith Studio and Gallery, Geneseo, designed the ornament commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Geneseo Christmas Walk. The ornament was created by Lou Hanson of Hantverk Pottery in Bishop Hill.
The 2025 white porcelain ornament is circular shaped and showcases the design of a white dove in the center of a blue circle with the words “2025 Geneseo Christmas Walk.”
Stepping back in time to 1993, the year when Don Beck created the very first ornament to commemorate the Victorian Walk in Geneseo. The Victorian Walk became the Geneseo Christmas Walk in 2008. Beck retired from making the ornaments in 2006, but the ornament tradition continues.
David Smith, who, with his wife, Dale, own Smith Studio & Gallery, said, “The Christmas Walk ornament is a special Christmas tradition for many families who look forward to adding this year’s ornament, knowing that these will be cherished heirlooms for generations to come.”
There are 60 ornaments created each year.
