Meet the Christmas Makers
With an ethos of quality and sustainability, The Christmas Makers love making displays to make it a memorable Christmas for all. Based in Gloucestershire and owned by Mike Simmonds and Adam Mason their shared passion for Christmas is what makes the business sparkle.
Mike
With a passion for business, Mike currently owns another successful business, again focussed on providing customers with a service second to none. Having won various national awards in recognition for his work, Mike continues to ensure we have a leading customer focussed service. When Mike isn’t busy decorating trees you can almost guarantee he will be sitting down watching Home Alone – currently 14 times (and rising)!
Adam
With an enviable track record in Electronic Systems Design and Installation, Adam makes sure that all works are delivered to a standard befitting of Santa’s workshop itself. To complement his operational expertise, Adam also has a background in sales and customer service so understands the perfect balance between planning and delivery. He also challenges you to find a better Christmas Album than Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey!
Aimée
Aimée is head of our creative team and with her interior design background, attention to detail is always at the top of her agenda! She prides herself on ensuring every item that leaves the workshop is perfect and loves to spend her time on the installations helping bring it all together! When she isn’t busy creating masterpieces, you will find her “researching” the retail Christmas market!!
Keeping things green
At The Christmas Makers we believe that Christmas beauty and environmental responsibility go hand in hand. For every commercial grade faux Christmas tree we use in our installations, we plant a real tree – whether that faux tree is being used for the first time or not. This means a faux tree displayed over three Christmas seasons results in three new trees being planted. By opting for high-quality faux trees, we reduce the need to cut down real trees, that take years to grow, only to be used for a single Christmas. This approach allows us to preserve more mature trees, which continue to support wildlife, sequester carbon, and beautify our natural landscapes. Through our tree-planting initiative, we’re helping to restore forests and make a positive impact on the environment – one tree at a time.
Our continuous positive approach of helping and supporting others also filters on to embracing green principles. Whether it’s using the latest energy efficient LED lights on displays, or embedding electric vehicles into our business fleet, we are committed in taking positive steps to help the environment. We are also very aware Christmas can be a “use once and throw away” season, we aim to reduce that by ensuring all of our products are reusable and are only disposed of when they reach the end of their life cycle.
Every year, we carry out a carbon assessment to calculate our current footprint and identify opportunities to reduce it whilst offsetting the remaining emissions. It’s our ambition to become a fully Net Zero company by the end of 2030. We won’t stop working until we get there.
Charity & Good Causes
The Christmas Makers take great pride in ensuring 1% of every sale goes directly to charitable causes. This commitment is a testiment to our dedication to making a positive impact on our local community. We offer each client the opportunity to decide which of our 4 charity partners they would like to donate to and we will make the donation in their name. We believe in using Christmas as a vehicle for good helping those who need it most.
