Here at the Englin's Fine Footwear internet office, we've had a fun (and busy!) holiday season. Between shipping shoes and providing the great customer service you know and love, we were able to create a little Christmas joy of our own. We participated in a Secret Santa gift exchange, and everyone had a great time sneaking little gifts onto one another's desks. On the day we revealed ourselves to our gift recipients, we had a pizza party and enjoyed homemade cookies, candies, and snacks that folks brought in to share. It was a great reminder that Christmas is about family in all its forms: Not just our kin, but our friends and coworkers, too!
As a company, Englin's Fine Footwear has five brick-and-mortar stores (including our discount location, Englin's Shoe Rack) throughout the state of Indiana, plus our internet office in the city of Muncie. If you've visited one of our retail stores before, you might be familiar with the friendly faces there, but we wanted to give you a peek at our equally friendly website employees! Just in time for Christmas, we decided to share some of our favorite things about the holiday season so that you can get to know us a little better.
ERIC
Director of Marketing
Favorite Holiday Food: Prime Rib & Italian Cookies
Favorite Holiday Movie: Jingle All the Way
Favorite Holiday Song: Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Favorite Holiday Activity: Spending Time with Family
GWEN
Customer Service/Shipping and Receiving
Favorite Holiday Food: Buckeyes
Favorite Holiday Movie: Harry Potter or Die Hard
Favorite Holiday Song: "Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton
Favorite Holiday Activity: My favorite part of Christmas is watching my children enjoying new gifts!
JENNIE G.
Amazon Team
Fulfillment Rep
Favorite Holiday Food: Peppermint Chocolate
Favorite Holiday Movie: It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Waiting on kids to get up and seeing their faces light up with presents underneath the Christmas tree.
JESSICA
Amazon Fulfillment Clerk and Data Entry
Favorite Holiday Food: Beef and Noodles
Favorite Holiday Movie: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or anything on Hallmark.
Favorite Holiday Tradition: My favorite tradition is going to Marion to see the huge Christmas light display at the park. My other is to make Christmas cookies and ornaments.
KAYLYN
Creative Manager
Favorite Holiday Food: Does mac 'n' cheese count?
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Spending Christmas with my husband's family and extended family.
KESHA
Amazon Fulfillment
Team Member
Favorite Holiday Food: Homemade hot chocolate
Favorite Holiday Movie: A Christmas Story
Favorite Holiday Tradition:
Just being with family!
KILEY
Content Writer/Blogger
(Yep, it's me!)
Favorite Holiday Food: Call me weird, but I love canned cranberry sauce.
Favorite Christmas Carol: "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Every year, my mom and I get together and make holiday goodies like chocolate covered pretzels, buckeyes, hard candy, and more. We always have an awesome time, and when we're done, we have yummy treats to give out to friends, family, and neighbors.
LEO
Data Specialist
Favorite Holiday Food: My wife's homemade butter cookies
Favorite Holiday Movie: Love Actually
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Ever since I was a kid, my family has always put a roll of toilet paper under the tree 'cause you have to remember the essentials!
MATT
Director of eCommerce
Favorite Holiday Food: Sugar Cream Pie, an Indiana tradition. Most people outside the state have never even heard of it. If you're ever able to try it, you'll never forget it!
Favorite Holiday Movie: It's a Wonderful Life— A must-watch every year.
Favorite Christmas Song: " Sleigh Ride"/"Oh Holy Night" - One about the Christmas traditions without the commercialism and the other about the true meaning of Christmas.
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Growing up, we would always get up and make coffee or hot chocolate and then open presents. Then Mom would make a delicious breakfast and we would spend the rest of the day in our pajamas watching Christmas movies and playing with our gifts. This year is our first Christmas as parents, so now we are going to start making new traditions and memories.
TAYLOR
Intern
Favorite Holiday Food: Cookies
Favorite Holiday Movie: Elf
Favorite Holiday Tradition: Christmas Jammies (Pajamas). We open them on Christmas Eve and wear them all day on Christmas.
What are your favorite things about the holidays? Did you receive shoes from Englin's Fine Footwear for Christmas? Tweet us or leave us a Facebook comment to let us know! And from all of us to you, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!