Many families in Bloomington-Normal have a Christmas tree. Jennifer Jordan has 36 of them.
Jordan is collector of aluminum Christmas trees, popularized by the vintage Evergleams brand. Only eight of Jordan’s trees are full-size. Her favorites? The four-footers.
Jordan showed off a part of her collection at the Jane Lynch - A Swingin' Little Christmas show on Dec. 12 at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. The show and corresponding album had a Mid-century Modern aesthetic that Jordan thought would be a good match for her trees, so she worked with the City of Bloomington Arts & Entertainment staff to help decorate the venue.
“I love to get them out, to get them some exposure. It was a lot of fun to get them out there. It was a lot of work too. It was a labor of love, let’s put it that way,” Jordan said.
Watch a video of Jordan and her tree collection below:
