Keeping the Faith

The ornaments have taken on such a life of their own that they are now collector’s items that basically sell themselves, according to Rechtiene. She and her husband were going to every Mass on Ornament Sunday those first two years to sell the “Christmas” ornament, and it was becoming a bit much for them to handle on their own. But then she noticed that people began to look at the ornaments at the new year as well, not just around Christmas, so the cathedral decided to start releasing a new ornament each year and sell it year-round. It was no longer viewed as a Christmas ornament, but a collector’s item. Over the past six-plus years, the ornaments have become such hot items that the Savannah Cathedral no longer even needs to take out extra ads or have those special one-day sales.