Michigan Woman Stunned by Christmas Display at McDonald’s in Bible Belt

Talk about a feast for the eyes.

A McDonald’s franchise in Tennessee got some national fame two years ago when social media picked up an annual Christmas display the restaurant owners used to proclaim the real reason for the season.

And proclaim it in no uncertain terms.

The mural was posted to social media Dec. 14, 2015, by Facebook user Amy Basel, a Michigan native who used a nickname for her home state to describe her surprise at seeing the unabashedly Christian sentiment posted on a mural in a Volunteer State McDonald’s.

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Basel wasn’t the only one who appreciated the gesture. It had generated tens of thousands of shares, and almost 10,000 comments.

“Nice to see a business keeping it real and putting it out there,” one commenter wrote. “Outstanding, McDonald’s.”

The Christmas displays are a tradition in the McDonald’s in Spring Hill, about 30 miles south of Nashville. Though

Gina Wolfe, who owns the restaurant with her husband, Tony, told local station WZTV at the time that the holiday paintings go back years.

“It’s a family business which has been owned and operated by my family for 40 years,” she told the station.

“My dad started this 40 years ago when he had a local art student paint it on his store. My husband and I have been owners for 28 years and we’ve done this or something similar during Christmas each year. I guess with social media, it’s taken off.”

The couple owned three restaurants in Spring Hill as well as one each in the nearby towns of Columbia and Mount Pleasant, according to WZTV.

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At all the stores, the Nativity scene got pride of place with a display on the front, WZTV reported. Paintings on the side of the store varied by location, with themes such as a “Charlie Brown” Christmas, or characters from the hit movie “Frozen.”

Judging by the social media reaction to the tradition, it’s got an enduring sort of popularity.

Other restaurant owners might want to draw a lesson here.

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