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OT: Christmas store near Ann Arbor - Edit Thank you mongoose0614

mongoose0614 answered for me.  Silverbells.  

 

Thank you!  I'm sorry I worded the question so poorly mgoboard.

 

A few years back, my family and I made the trek to see the Michigan/Purdue game.  On the way in from the hotel, we stopped by a Christmas store.  In the parking lot it had figures of Santa and deer carved out of trees.

 

I cannot remember its name and have tried to hunt it down, but haven't had any luck. Can someone tell me the name of the store please?  We are heading back to see another game this year and would like to stop in.  

 

Thank you!

 

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:08 PM | Which hotel?   (Score:4 Insightful)
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Which hotel?  

July 21st, 2012 at 10:10 PM | Deja Vu (Score:1)
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That is my guess.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:27 PM | Screw that store (Score:5 Normal)
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http://www.bronners.com/ britches

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July 21st, 2012 at 10:10 PM | That's what I thought (Score:2)
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That's what I thought immediately, but Frankenmuth isn't exactly near Ann Arbor - it's up by Saginaw.

July 21st, 2012 at 8:11 PM | Bronners - pronounced (Score:1 Normal)
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Bronners - pronounced Brun-ners.

July 21st, 2012 at 8:15 PM | Br-on-ners (Score:4 Normal)
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Br-on-ners

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:19 PM | Brun-ners. Technically (Score:1 Normal)
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Brun-ners. Technically (Deutsch) the way to pronounce it.

July 21st, 2012 at 8:22 PM | So is Bronners (Score:2)
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the angelcized spelling? If so, it's definitely pronounced B-ronners.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:22 PM | Brun-ners. (Score:2 Normal)
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Brun-ners.

July 21st, 2012 at 8:24 PM | Whatever (Score:3 Trolling)
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Santa's not real.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:29 PM | Thanks a lot, Zoltan. (Score:4 Normal)
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Thanks a lot, Zoltan.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:41 PM | He probably just didn't know (Score:3 Normal)
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He probably just didn't know Santa was real.  It's tough being Space Emperor; things slip through the cracks. You can't know all the cult mythology of every planet.

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July 22nd, 2012 at 3:49 AM | Not sure why you're being so (Score:2)
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Not sure why you're being so insistent on a incorrect pronunciation, but in German O's are definitely not pronounced like U's.  It would be Broh-ners or something along those lines, I'm not exactly the best with phonetic spelling.  See: schon, vor, holen, tot, boren, etc.  

While I'm certainly not fluent, I've been studying German for many years and I'm currently in Bremen studying. I could throw a rock and hit a native speaker to ask them the exact pronunciation if you'd like.

 

 

July 21st, 2012 at 8:22 PM | It's pronounced "boner." (Score:5 Normal)
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July 21st, 2012 at 8:46 PM | Lived in saginaw my whole (Score:1)
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Lived in saginaw my whole life (10 miles from Bronners) and it is most definitely pronounced brah-ners, like bratwurst.



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July 21st, 2012 at 8:52 PM | My great uncle founded (Score:1 Normal)
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My great uncle founded it.



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July 21st, 2012 at 10:20 PM | My 4th cousin is Bing Crosby (Score:5 Normal)
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My 4th cousin is Bing Crosby who basically IS Christmas. /family'd x 2

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July 22nd, 2012 at 7:37 AM | What is your great uncle's (Score:1)
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What is your great uncle's name?

July 21st, 2012 at 8:26 PM | Bro-ners.  (Score:3 Normal)
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Bro-ners. 

Edit: Oops. This was a childish reply to the thread above me. Not just a thing I'd say normally. 

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:32 PM | Freudian slip (Score:1 Flamebait)
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more like it.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:36 PM | Corrected pronunciation: (Score:2 Insightful)
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Bron-yr-aur

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:45 PM | See, I was wrong...and Santa (Score:1)
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See, I was wrong...and Santa is real.

July 21st, 2012 at 8:48 PM | It could have been (Score:3 Normal)
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Canterbury village. That would make more sense in regards to proximity. Bronners is at least an hour away and a long way from the expressway.

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July 21st, 2012 at 8:57 PM | Canterbury (Score:1)
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is about an hour from AA as well.

 

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July 21st, 2012 at 9:23 PM | Coming From West Of Ann Arbor? (Score:3 Normal)
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This could be a completely out there guess, but was it perhaps Urquhart's Tree Farm outside of Chelsea? It does have a Christmas gift shop with rather a lot of hand-carved items. Jerusalem Road, which is where this is, is fairly close to I-94, near the "Old US-12 / Jackson Road" exit. 

 

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July 21st, 2012 at 9:25 PM | I lived in Muth for 8 years (Score:4 Normal)
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I lived in Muth for 8 years until I moved to AA for college. Allow me to settle this right now. It is pronounced Brah-ners. Say it with your normal Midwest accent which is spoken at a quick pace and you'll understand.





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July 21st, 2012 at 9:55 PM | Wayne Bronner pronounces it himself (Score:1)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6jGTcEULi4

 

Go to the last 12 seconds.

 

 

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July 21st, 2012 at 10:04 PM | Embed for the first time.....Holy Crap I did it right (Score:3 Normal)
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July 21st, 2012 at 10:18 PM | hey icefin (Score:2)
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Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.

July 21st, 2012 at 10:44 PM | Oh snap! (Score:4 Normal)
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July 21st, 2012 at 10:50 PM | Shit. (Score:2 Normal)
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Shit.

July 21st, 2012 at 10:09 PM | Meijers? (Score:1)
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They have that stuff.

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July 21st, 2012 at 10:26 PM | I believe you're looking for (Score:2)
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I believe you're looking for Silver Bells in Dundee, MI.

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July 21st, 2012 at 11:18 PM | I shall go 2 for 2 in this thread........ (Score:5 Normal)
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Silverbells is correct.  Dundee by hotel district and for the clincher..........

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July 22nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM | That's the one! (Score:1)
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Thank you!  I greatly appreciate it!  We found it totally by accident, stopping in at the Mc D's next to it and saw those statues.  It was a really cool store.

 

Thank you again!

July 22nd, 2012 at 2:38 PM | you're welcome. (Score:2)
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you're welcome.

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July 21st, 2012 at 11:36 PM | I'm from right down the road (Score:1)
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I'm from right down the road and didn't even think of that. Kudos sir. 

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July 21st, 2012 at 10:45 PM | That's not even the worst (Score:3 Normal)
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That's not even the worst part. We still don't even know if the OP was talking about Bronners. The actual Christmas store in question remains a mystery! Will the board never know the truth?!

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July 21st, 2012 at 11:02 PM | There is nothing bad about (Score:3 Funny)
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There is nothing bad about either my friend.





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July 22nd, 2012 at 12:14 AM | Heh. (Score:2)
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Get you to Bronners, then some chicken downtown and a short drive over to Birch Run.

I always remember the bar behind the Polo outlet (makes it easier).

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