Press Raves


Season’s Gleamings has been featured in USA Today,The New York Times, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,Money, and many other newspapers and magazines. CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Evening News, and CNN’s Newsnight with Aaron Brown have also showcased the little pink book.

“To [Shimon & Lindemann], the tree was not only part of their own past but also an art form worthy of exploration. Something not only to behold, but to photograph. The result: Season’s Gleamings.”
— Craig Wilson, USA Today

“[Season’s Gleamings] contains photos of … twinkling limbs presented with deadpan cheer.”
— Bradford McKee, The New York Times

“A fun coffee-table book with more than 50 full-color photographs of the glitzy trees…. sure to bring a shine to the eyes of any pop-culture enthusiast.”
— Madison magazine

“Aluminum Christmas trees are now being reassessed as minor masterpieces of mid-century space-age design… Season’s Gleamings appears to be the first book dedicated to the subject.”
— Paul Lukas, Money magazine

“I was truly mesmerized! I took the book and found that I couldn’t set it aside until I had paged through the entire volume.”
— Kevin Crawford, Mayor of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in the Lakeshore Chronicle

“Thanks to a new book… I can see the beauty of these kitschy creations.”
— Drew Sterwald, The News-Press, South Florida