PUBLICITY & RECOGNITION
The following list details just some of the awards, recognition & publicity received by Mary Margaret Cannon and the SACRED SEASON® ornaments:
- Over the 2006 Christmas season, Mary Margaret Cannon and the inspirational Sacred Season ornament collection were recently featured on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "Living the Life - My Perfect Christmas" segment. Click here to watch the segment »
- Mary Margaret Cannon received a "Rising Star" award from Disney for SACRED SEASON - one of just 6 awards - at Disney's First Annual Christmas Collectibles Convention at EPCOT in 1998.
- Mary Margaret Cannon was named the "2004 Woman of the Year" by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the largest organization of Catholic lay women in the world.
- Mary Margaret Cannon's "story" is featured in the book: REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINES by David Madison, PhD., Thomson Publishing, 2006
- Mary Margaret Cannon and SACRED SEASON have been profiled in numerous local, regional & national media outlets, including:
- Living the Life television show
- PEOPLE magazine (VIEW ARTICLE - PDF)
- ENTREPRENEUR magazine
- WABC-TV New York
- CHANNEL 12 NEWS - Long Island
- NY JOURNAL NEWS
- EXTRA! With Leeza Gibbons
- THE MONITOR - NJ
- ASBURY PARK PRESS - NJ
- SEATTLE PROGRESS
- SHARE magazine
- SACRED SEASON ornaments were featured in the book, CHRISTMAS STYLE, published by DK Publishing in 2004; The British edition of the book featured just one ornament on its cover, a SACRED SEASON Limited Edition design.
- Mary Margaret Cannon and SACRED SEASON have been profiled in numerous local, regional & national media outlets, including:
- CNN Business Segment
- ABC MORNING SHOW in Los Angeles
- NBC MORNING SHOW in Los Angeles
- "LEEZA" nationally syndicated talk show
- "FRIENDS" prime time sitcom
- "VERONICA'S CLOSET" prime time sitcom
- "ELLEN" prime time sitcom
- BBC Special on Decorating for Christmas in Hollywood
- "EXTRA!" prime time "magazine" show from Warner Brothers
- "INSIDE EDITION" prime time "magazine" show
- "E!" Network Holiday Special - "Holidays with the Stars"
- "GOOD DAY L.A."
- "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" daytime soap opera
- "GOOD DAY LIVE!" - Fox television
- SACRED SEASON ornaments are in the collections of many notable people, including: On display in a Vatican Museum (presented to Pope John Paul II in 2004), former US President Jimmy Carter, United Nations' Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and many entertainment celebrities, including: Candace Bergen, Debbie Reynolds, Terri Garr, Martin Mull, Steven Collins, Fay Grant, & Leeza Gibbons.
- SACRED SEASON ornaments have been sold at the nation's top retailers, including: ASPREY, DISNEY, FORTUNOFF, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, HENRI BENDEL and MARSHALL FIELDS.
