Planning the assembly of all the elves and ornaments at Gary's house.
What a wonderful collection of ornaments for the 2008 tree!
An elf that will be working inside the workshop.
Another elf for the workshop.
A pair of elves painting airplanes for the workshop.
Gary Berg setting up the workshop at the Mayo Civic Center before the Festival of Trees started.
The 2008 Rochester Woodcarvers Festival of Trees display.
The tree topper - the boy and the Man in the Moon.
Gary Berg wrote a story about this tree - "Santa's Workshop, The Moon And The Icicle Tree" that describes the boy's dream about Christmas.
Ornaments
Santa's workshop.
The boy has found Santa's workshop and looks at all the activity happening inside.
The doors of Santa's workshop.
A forest Nisse guarding Santa's workshop.
Loading presents into Santa's sleigh.
The dog is licking snow from the elf's snow shovel.
Inside Santa's workshop.
Working at the lathe to make a baseball bat.
Making a baseball bat on the lathe.
Working at the bandsaw.
Check out the calendar and clock - no wonder everyone is so busy!
Wrapping some presents - check out the scissors and tape dispenser!
Mr. and Mrs. Claus - supervising the operation...
Putting the finishing touches on the Raggedy Ann dolls.
Decorating the tree with a star.
Painting an airplane.
Painting a toboggan.
Taking presents out the door to the sled.
What a busy place!
Looking from the second level present storage section.
Gary Berg carved a caricature of Mark Schenfeld, the Opening Night Gala live auctioneer as an added incentive for the auction.
Gary and Nancy Berg - the designer, architecture and builder team for Santa's Workshop.
Tom Pike carved "The Man in Red" and donated it to the Festival Week Silent Auction.
Bob Nowicki carved the "12 Days of Christmas Barefoot Santa" and donated it to the Opening Night Silent Auction.
