A Gift-Giving Tradition Spanning Over 100 Years: Koehler Group Celebrates Its Annual Children’s Christmas Party

This year, Koehler employees are getting to see their children excitedly look forward to meeting Saint Nick twice in December. More specifically, the first of those two times came on December 5th, when Koehler’s Saint Nick paid a visit to the company’s Christmas party to give gifts to all the little tykes. The Koehler Group organized its traditional children’s Christmas party with a fun show, songs meant to get into the spirit of Christmas, and plenty of gifts at the Erwin-Braun-Halle venue in Oberkirch, where all employees from its Kehl, Willstätt, Weisenbach, and Oberkirch sites were invited. On top of that, and for the first time ever, the company also organized another children’s Christmas party simultaneously at its Greiz site, where the Koehler Saint Nick also showed up to deliver his gifts to the little ones at that location.

An evening that will long be remembered

For over 100 years now, this event has been a vital part of the Koehler family’s traditions. The organizing team turned the venue in Oberkirch into a dazzling winter scene featuring Christmas trees, snow sheets, candy canes, and the smell of Christmas punch for kids filling the entire place with a joyful Christmas atmosphere.

After Saint Nick opened the festivities, Finance and Administration Director Frank Lendowski and Group Works Council Chairman Gebhard Müller welcomed the children, who numbered around 480, and their parents: “Our Children’s Christmas Party is an important tradition here at Koehler, and one that has been near and dear to our hearts for decades now. We are delighted to see so many children and their parents showing up once again to ring in the festive season,” Lendowski said in his welcome speech.