Joyce Byers

For over 30 years the Byers Family has made Christmas memories the old fashioned way, by hand. Whimsical, hand-crafted characters with their mouths thrown open in song jubilantly express the joy of the Christmas season. In Chalfont, Pennsylvania, 35 miles north of Philadelphia Byers Choice, Ltd., artist and founder Joyce Byers heads a team of more than 100 artists who hand-craft choirs of Carolers and Kindles (Christmas Elves) all year long. The artisans create a unique character and personality in each figure by using a variety of techniques and materials. Each crafter leaves a little bit of herself in every figure she touches and with as many as ten people working on one Caroler it is virtually impossible to find two Carolers that are exactly alike.