Comments on: Setting Up a Christmas Village

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:11:11 +0000

Lol, I love the Star Wars references.

By: Doris

Doris — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:29:09 +0000

how do you make the trees stand up on the “snow”?

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:29:33 +0000

What wonderful suggestions! I have a much more clear picture of how to make my village pieces stand out now. I have sat up displays where there was not a light as well, btw.

By: Alicia McInturff

Alicia McInturff — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:54:25 +0000

HI. I loved tip #2. I have 2 boys and a little girl, and I can totally relate to the repeatedly yelling to keep the other toys off of my village! My living room is very large and we only use half of it, so my husband and I built a 5 x 12 ft table with selves surrounding it above. This is used only for our Village. When my guest arrive that’s the first thing my guest see is our village. Since our village is so large, most people will stand there just staring at this monstrosity. I love it and I am constantly looking for new ways to set this up. What my problem is, is that we just don’t ever have enough out lets to light everything. Even after installing another out let. This year I bought a strand of battery operated LED lights and I am hopping they will work. Any Ideas on how I can light up my village with out separating everything?

By: IsihiaKati

IsihiaKati — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:44:09 +0000

I spent many happy years helping my dad paint houses as Christmas presents for everyone except myself. After his death I finished all the houses he hadn’t and started sitting up my own display. Most of his houses were small compared to the store bought houses I have so I set my display up on several levels using boxes, styrofoam, brick pavers, etc…with the smaller pieces toward the back so they look more in scale. They are all set up on my open craft table in the dining room which keeps them higher than the kids so they are safe from little fingers and in a place I can see if the kids decide to pull up a chair and play with them. I recently bought several of the zoo pieces so next year I’ll be sitting up the sewing table in front of the craft table with my zoo below.

By: donna rich

donna rich — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:46:17 +0000

last year was my first christmas village, started off with little cheap pieces from the dollar stores then it became a tradition adding to it. i havee created a huge mountain scene in the corner and continuededt the mountains along thr length of the three tables as my back drop. i used tin foil crunching up a little and used combination of brick color,brown,tan spray paint. it came out beautiful and looking foreward to adding each year. this was my big thinfg for my children since i have been unemployed for 7 months and will be no gifts this year. thank you for sharing your a story….lookig for some christmas magic in our village

By: Rhonda Walker

Rhonda Walker — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:03:05 +0000

I love your description. To make it more interesting you should let the little fellas each hide one of their action toys in the village and see who notices. How long would it take grandma to notice yoda with the Christmas Carolers or Darth Vader standing behind the fire house? I plan to do something similar. I have Rudolph, Grinch, and Peanuts ornaments that I plan to use. I will carefully plant just a few in places not easily noticed. I love the surprise when someone sees the “hidden” object.

By: ishola adewale

ishola adewale — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:33:43 +0000

i went through all the christmass villages, and i like it so much, we dont have such in Nigeria, my country in Africa, i will not mind if one can be set up in the country for cmmercial purposes, all the support needed will be provided.

By: lemaxnut

lemaxnut — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:05:03 +0000

Hi there,

I have viewed your Utube show a few times and am really happy that I stumbled upon your blog site.
I am a serious collector with more than 250 houses and literally 1000s of figures and accessories.
I would just like to add to your comments about setting up a village. Most people make the mistake of having neat streets and the houses facing forward. This is a mistake ! The human eye is trained to judge distance and size from the straight lines forming perspective. I have always placed my buildings slightly askew from each other, and facing about 30 degrees from front-on to the viewing side. If the display is liberally scattered with trees of many different sizes, styles, color and texture, this adds further to the “randomness” and makes it harder for the eye to pick out the ral size of the display.
I seldom use more than 50% of my collection in any single display. The important thing to me is not the number of buildings you can pack into the designated area, it is imitating the real world and creating the best atmosphere.

Finally, here is a link to my hosted photos on webshots in case you and your readership are interested in seeing my past efforts. The Christmas Tree displays have been viewed most often. I would love to correspond with you regularly to exchange ideas.

webshots/iamback107

I also have a youtube video on the Lemax Christmas Village site : checkout lemaxnut.