The Wonderful World of Evergleam

In 2004, Season's Gleamings — the landmark book about aluminum Christmas trees by John Shimon and Julie Lindemann — captured the imaginations of readers around the world. I believe that it was single-handedly responsible for the en masse renaissance of the Evergleam aluminum Christmas tree in the United States. But it left me craving even more detailed information about Evergleam aluminum Christmas trees. As I started collecting my own Evergleams, starting with a Silver Fountain and Deluxe Turbo Projector happened upon at a second-hand store in downtown San Antonio, I was disappointed at the lack of access to much detailed and precise information about Evergleams. What was their story? Who were the people that made them? How many different styles and colors were produced? What were their numbers? What about the color wheels? This was the beginning of The Wonderful World of Evergleam. Wonderful World of Evergleam is a unique and historic book that tells the story of the 1959 debut of the aluminum Christmas tree by the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Aluminum Specialty Company is no longer in business and all company records and publications have since been lost. After several years of researching and curating an outstanding collection, I have reconstructed a complete catalog of nearly every item ever produced by Evergleam from 1959-1971. Never before have all 120 plus products been systematically and meticulously cataloged within one publication The Wonderful World of Evergleam includes a comprehensive gallery of full-color portraits of every style and color of tree, color wheel, and rotating stand ever produced by Aluminum Specialty. In addition, there is an archive of extremely rare and often unseen ephemera such as instruction sheets, merchandising tags, quality assurance slips, and other packaging inserts. The book is a completely immersive multimedia experience engaging the reader through sight and sound! I have partnered with Spotify to include an online listen-along playlist for the reader to accompany the portraits of Evergleam aluminum Christmas trees. We truly hope that you will fall in love with Evergleams all over again through The Wonderful World of Evergleam!