Hello Everyone,
Let the decorating begin! I love to put my Christmas Village out every year, and create a magical fairyland. I would love to live in this little village. This is a first for me to put it up before Thanksgiving. I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm running out of time already since Thanksgiving is so late this year.
I started collecting the houses in the 1980's. The collection has grown over the years, and looks like a very realistic village. My mom collected them and it was a great gift to give her year after year. Now I have the houses I gave her, and incorporate them in my village.
I have the downtown area on the top shelf. Then we move on to the suburbs and then on to the country area.
This old pie safe is a great way to display my collection. It takes hours and hours to get it just right. First I had to remove my cookbook collection before I could start decorating. The books are now all stored under the guest room bed. I'll have to fish them out with a rake after Christmas. Heaven help me if a recipe I want to make is in the middle of the stacks under the bed!
The anticipated snow started falling yesterday afternoon. Normally our storms begin with rain, and turn to snow over time. The temps plummeted, and it just started snowing, and snowing! It kept on snowing through the night, and it's still snowing.
I named this post "reflections and traditions". Not only was I seeing the reflection of the lights in my village, I was reflecting about family and Christmas traditions. A tear came to my eye when I opened a box from my aunt, addressed to my mom's house in Paradise. They are all gone now. My mom passed first, then my aunt, and her cute little house in Paradise was lost in the Camp Fire in Paradise. All gone now, but the tradition lives on.
After we dig ourselves out today, I will start putting up the tree. Living in snow country adds an extra level of effort to your day and life. There is always yard work throughout the year, trying to keep the pine needles at bay, and now snow shoveling for the next four months. Maybe it keeps us young? Maybe it's the reason the Tylenol bottle is heavily tapped in to? Maybe it's the reason for a nice afternoon nap.
Soon,
Lynn
Beautiful village! We have a large collection also, but now we only put it up on the years the family comes here for Christmas. Stay safe and warm -- the weather here is atrocious!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely display for Christmas. It never fails to amaze me how much snow falls - as we dont get any in 90% of Australia, I am just fascinated with it...til you mentioned the reality of snow shovelling for four months :( Looks pretty but it makes life difficult! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI love your village.
ReplyDeleteTime to turn on some good ol' movies and snuggle up under one of your cozy quilts. Wishing you a wonderful holiday!
ReplyDeleteyour little village is so beautiful with the lights on in the houses. Take care, stay warm, and happy Thanksgiving!!
ReplyDeleteOh Lynn, Love that village! I collected some of them when we went to Arizona. I love them! Enjoy the good memories and stay warm and hope the store restocked your favorite foods!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you and Mr. Joe! The snow looks beautiful, but I hope it holds out for awhile here. I have lost a bunch of weight and having a hard time with just 40-50 degree temps. Your village is lovely. There's a lady I follow on instagram that has a huge Halloween village. Lovely to look at both of yours'!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your old pie safe! I used to put my village on top of the TV cabinet, and onto the little table next to it. Then next to that table would be a large round decorator table with our tree on top of it. I appreciate seeing how you display your village, and the happy memories of loved ones past that accompanies it.
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