Comments on: Tiny Christmas Village

By: Derrick

Derrick — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:13:15 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/user/lemaxnut
I am from Sydney, Australia and I am an avid villager, have been for the past 8 years. My collection consists of more than 250 buildings, 700 figurines, 500 plus trees, about 50 animated table pieces and 30 lighted accessories and trees. I have included my youtube link in case you are interested in seeing my work.
My Christmas 2009 display is still up, but will be coming down next week. This year I built a 4 ft x 20 ft window box display just to be different. But having done one, I have so gotten it out of my system – the physical contortions of climbing in and out the window and crawling around under the display to do the wiring is something for a younger man. Also, it required a completely new way of building which made it almost impossible to change anything or do running repairs.
I have added 20 new houses , 10 animated pieces, including 2 carnival rides, and a dozen figurine groupings since Christmas, like I needed anymore.
Have fun, its a great hobby!
Happy and prosperous 2010 to you and all your loved ones.

By: laura @ the shorehouse

laura @ the shorehouse — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:08:06 +0000

That’s no village…it’s a metropolis!! I love it!

We decorate late so we’ll keep things up until next weekend, probably, especially since we don’t decorate until a week of so before Christmas. As a kid, Little Christmas (Jan. 6) was the day we tended to “undecorate” — we’re a little lazier, er, I mean later at the shorehouse.

By: Dena

Dena — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:17:52 +0000

Your Christmas village is beautiful; I would have a hard time putting it away! I leave my Christmas decorations up until the first weekend of January and then it all comes down, and I start thinking about spring.
Happy New Year!

By: Mary Lou

Mary Lou — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:35:24 +0000

Hi! Your village looks sweet. I have a small collection of those houses which my hubby has given me over the years. This year I put them atop the bookcase in his library.
We undecorate on Jan 1. By that time, I’ve seen it long enough, and am ready to get back to normal.
Have a Happy New Year!

By: KM Family

KM Family — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:14:48 +0000

Hi Rhoda,
Thats is a super cute village. I just started mine this year. Got my very first village house which is a candy shop.
They are magical arent they?!
Useing the styrofoam tops to the boxes is a great idea!

I try to get it all put away by the first weekend in Jan , only because my sons birthday is Jan 6th. If we didnt have a birthday then I would probly keep it up longer.
thanks for sharing!

By: courtney

courtney — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:47:43 +0000

I absolutely adore your village and definitely want to start collecting one of my own. I always admire them while visiting friends and family.

We start packing away the Christmas decor on January 1st! We usually leave the snowman bowls and plates out all winter, but the tree goes out to the curb and everything Christmas gets packed away

By: Stephanie Lynn

Stephanie Lynn — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:40:14 +0000

Your village is fabulous! I love these as my Dad always took the time to set one up each year. Just something about them makes me ‘get lost’ for awhile…day dream about living there perhaps! Thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!

By: grannyann

grannyann — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:15:07 +0000

Love your village. I have some houses a little larger than yours but haven’t had them out in a few years. Maybe next year.

By: Susan F

Susan F — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:00:35 +0000

Another week to go before I can climb out from underneath all of the decorations and out of the self induced sugar coma and get my house back to normal and my body back on track with good nutritious foods and daily workouts.I cannot wait.We actually have not had our Christmas yet and won’t until NY Day as that is when all of the children are able to be in town.
I love the village.I have a quite extensive one myself but I have not had the time to set it up for the past 2 years but I am hoping to get to it next year.Seeing yours, makes me long for mine.

By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:33:36 +0000

One year my mother was coming to visit the end of January and I left my Christmas stuff up till then just so she could see it as she and I rarely get to enjoy Christmas in each others homes. She did the same for me one year. What’s another month to get to enjoy such fun decorations…..one can clean and reorganize any time!
PS: I loved your Chicken Coop Produce village piece. My husbands great grandmother attended at a one room schoolhouse called Chicken Coop School #66 in Oregon!