Marie's Old Time Christmas Village 2008

This is my mother-in-law's huge Christmas village. It goes up every year and takes up most of their 8 x 40 glass porch. Every year it is added to with new buildings, people, etc. and takes a few days to set up. She uses many different brand names of components, so the buildings and people are quite varied- but it is roughly set in the late Edwardian era though the mid 20's. A few of the things she made herself by tweaking miniatures to have a holiday spin.

This village (more like a city) has many elements not usually found in a traditional Christmas village- such as a graveyard, a harbor, a spooky area, and even a "wrong side of the tracks". We enjoy her efforts every year with this thing, and we made this vid for her to post on her blog. Hope yall get a kick out of it, and Merry Christmas!

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Entertainment

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• christmas
• christmas village
• x-mas
• holiday
• Lemax
• victorian
• edwardian
• 1920's

[woahstar800]

my Chirstmas village has buttons that you push and stuff happens when you push them! ( one button shuts all the lights and plays music and a disco ball, one moves a train through a tunnel, one moves people ice skating and last but not least, one moves a ROLLER COASTER!!!!)

[TheWhitestChristmas]

1:27... the little fisherman with the dogs... I HAVE THAT PIECE!!! I've had it since i was a baby!!! ;) Or... my mom did, i mean!!!

A few years back we bought a BEAUTIFUL piece... it is a HUGE ELECTRIC CHURCH!!! It has little people spinning around the church, talking to eachother and speaking to the pasture as they walk in. The choir, on the inside is singing and it's all just SO cute and perfect! GOD BLESS! Our village is nowhere near this size but I still love it! ;) God Bless & Merry Xmas

[TheWhitestChristmas]

I LOVE this!!!

[Eglantyne3]

Looks really great,some wonderful buildings and accessories.Could you please tell me who makes the buildings with the animated dancing couples inside ?

Thank You,puts me into the mood already :-)

[67arcoiris]

!!!!Wao!!!!! Hermoso muy bonito y buena organosacion te felicito P.R

[GenteelPoverty]

Hi Yall, Marie's daughter here again. There are not really themes, but more like "areas". Like one is a fantasy area, one is rich folks area, etc. The wires are taped to the table and hidden by the "snow". There's lots of wires hanging down under the tables, we cover the front with paper. W use styrofoam for hills. We try to get it up day after thxgiving and down by mid Feb 1. Tables are about 8x4 I think.

[indyspaper]

Hi . Cool village. Wish I had the space you do, but I wanted to know who makes that boat you have near the beginning. I would like to find that. it's adorable with the stairs.

[lemaxnut]

AWESOME! Very well set up and it really helps to have that huge area to work with - 144 sq. ft I am almost green with jealousy!

Your camera work is also excellent, making it easier on the eyes and thus more enjoyable to watch.

Check out my videos - I have done 4 in total , 2 of my layouts are in a tree you might find enjoyable also.

[Whitaby]

Wow. I have been doing mine for about 3 years now. My one question to you is how does she hide all of the wires?

[GenteelPoverty]

I will reply to these answers for you- this is my mom's village. The tables are about 4 x 6 and I think there are 6 of them. She made hills out of spray styrofoam. I think she lost count of how many structures- there are over 100. Ideally, it goes up right before thanksgiving & down mid-January.