Around Thanksgiving each year for the last four years two men, Jerry Kuntz and Harold Glende, have been putting up the City of Nerstrand Main Street snowflake lights.
With the Lull Lift donated by the Bonde Family Farms, the two long time Nerstrand residents make the city brighter and more festive for us all at Christmas.
The tradition goes back a lot further for Jerry Kuntz. Jerry and another long time Nerstrand resident, Mike Stenbakken, took over putting up the original first set of lighted Christmas bell decorations back in the late 1980s.
At that time Isaacson implement let the city use their forklift until the implement dealer closed their doors in the summer of 2018. Jerry and Mike faithfully volunteered their time together for almost 30 years.
You can go see the original bell street lights (see if you can find them) at the Keller farm Christmas lights display two miles south west of Nerstrand (at night just look for the brightly colored lights on your left as you go south on County Road 24).
The city donated the old Bell lights to the Keller family when the Nerstrand booster club folded and had monies to use up. They bought and donated the current lighted snowflakes we enjoy today.
After one year of no street snowflakes put up following Isaacson Implement closure, Harold asked Jerry if he could check all the many lightbulbs on the snowflakes and then help him put them up. The rest is sparkling history.
Again, we think Jerry, Harold, Mike, and the Bonde Family Farms for bringing us all some Christmas cheer!
Merry Christmas everyone!
