It’s that time of the year. Merry little angels are working miracles anyplace that needs a little Christmas, right now. Not even Facebook is able to escape their joyous mechanisations! A San Diego area florist named Jenelle Brinneman, and her Facebook network, have found themselves caught up in the magic as they bring some much-needed Christmas to the Valley Center Cemetery.
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Last Friday, 18 December 2020, Ms. Brinneman discovered a local non-profit organisation that places Christmas wreaths on military grave markers would not be observing the annual tradition because of COVID-19 restrictions. In the Valley Center Cemetery, final home for over 300 veterans, there would be no Christmas bedecking of veteran’s markers this season.
“Our hearts dropped, because we know how much it means,” Brinneman told KGTV.
When COVID-19 restrictions had impeded traditional honors being placed at grave markers on the Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day observances, Brinneman and her associates raised enough money to pay for and place a rose at every veterans grave marker in Valley Center, themselves. The compassionate florist knew how such a seemingly small gesture made a big difference. Not just for those who may visit a beloved resting warrior, the sight was a moving reminder for all the members of her community.
“There were strangers thanking us. People were crying, watching us put roses down,” said Brinneman, when speaking of her Memorial and Veteran’s Days missions.
After digesting the Christmas decoration news, our industrious florist got to work. Putting together over 300 wreaths would probably be more than she could pull off, time and expense-wise, so she bugled forth a plea for donations to make wreath sprays. The sprays would not need anywhere near the amount of product an entire wreath required and are quick to assemble. Brinneman posted her idea and request for funds to her Facebook account on Friday and set out to enjoy scheduled weekend plans. Upon returning home Saturday evening, Jenelle Brinneman’s eyes took in a miraculous Christmas sight.
“I just started crying right there. Our town is amazing … My driveway was filled with pine, cedar, ribbons, and wreaths companies were about to throw away,” said Brinneman. “This is what the Christmas spirit is all about.“
Dozens of community elves signed up to work safe distancing shifts in her pop-up driveway workshop, assembling the bounty into gifts for the warriors of Valley Center Cemetery. On Christmas Eve, Jenelle Brinneman will be able to place a wreath spray at every military grave marker in the cemetery.
“They deserve to be recognized. Seeing the wreaths on the grave markers is something unexplainable. Because of the community, loved ones will see those wreaths,” said Brinneman.
It’s not unexplainable . . . it’s Christmas magic! 🎄👼🏻🎄
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Links to all three of Jenelle Brinneman’s Veteran’s Grave Marker honor efforts, if interested (click title):
‘Rose Campaign’ delivered to thousands of grave markers at national cemeteries
‘Rose campaign’ launched at North County cemetery after Veterans Day program is canceled
Valley Center community rallies to save Christmas tradition honoring veterans at cemetery