My First Christmas Village 

Thank you very much :) Merry Christmas

Thank you very much, Jack :) Merry Christmas!

I’m 13 and have been collecting department 56 for 3 yrs now

Thanks very much Richard. For the first time this year I'll say Merry Christmas :)

Thank you :)

Muchos gracias :)

Thank you so much:)

Thank you very much, Kathie, I'm glad you like it :)

Great to hear about your build. I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas holiday. All the best....Tom

Thanks Cary, I enjoyed this little project and it's nice to sit and relax with. I'll finish the train and make another short running vid. Merry Christmas mate :)

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Thank you so much :)

Thank you so much :)

Sorry I missed this comment. Thank you very much. All the best....Tom

Thank you so much

Thank you very much :) Glad you like it. All the best...Tom

Thank you for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated. Tom

Thank you. Merry Christmas to you too

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Thank you so much. I'm glad you like it. Have a beautiful Christmas:)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best....Tom

Thanks very much Dave :) All the best mate.

Thanks very much Michael...and for the Christmas wishes. All the best to you :)

Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you like my village :)

Thank you :) Merry Christmas

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thank you so much, rose :) I have it all in storage right now and I'm looking forward to getting it out and building it up again in a couple of weeks. I'll also treat myself to a new building or two. All the best...Tom

Thank you so much :) Merry Christmas to you. Have a beautiful Christmas time.

Thank you very much :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas

Thank you very much :)

Thank you for watching. I wish you all the best with your projects :)

Cheers mate :) I enjoyed making it. Gonna get the train finished now. Looking forward to seeing yours. All the best :)

Thank you very much Fabrizio :)

@@tomjenssen7486 Thanks to you for posting! Cheers Fabrizio

Thank you :) I agree. I had an idea to add extra bits to the sides and make it bigger then decided to leave it as it was. It's not overpowering in the room and with the room lights down and all the village lit up it has a 'groto-esque' look that I really enjoy. Thanks again and you're more than welcome for the tips. Merry Christmas

Thank you very much :) Merry Christmas

@@tomjenssen7486 Merry Christmas to you too :)

Have fun :) Merry Christmas

Hi there, Mark. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I just use snow blanket from Ebay. I usually buy 10ft at a time. It's quite cheap. Best of luck with your Christmas village. All the best....Tom

Hi there. I'm sorry for the late reply. The whole village is on a baseboard that rests on timber battens so there is an inch of space between the board and the table that it sits on. I work out the position of each house, make a small hole and thread the wire through. I place the house and then connect the wire. All the wires run in the space under the board. I hope this is helpful. All the best....Tom

Haha...thanks mate...I thought i was about to get busted for the blue stuff...lol. I'll build the 'Chemical Waste Plant Christmas scene' for next year :)) All the best and Merry Christmas :) ..Tom

Merry Christmas :)

Thank you very much :)

Hahaha...absolutely :)

I'm in the process of setting it up right now. I had to come back to watch this video to remember how I did it :)

@@tomjenssen7486 cool 👌 We set mine up a little over three weeks ago

@@ChristmasEjyt That's great :) I'm a little late this year but I've bought some more bits..2 new buildings and some more lights. I'll probably make a short video. All the best to you and Merry Christmas :)

@@tomjenssen7486 same to you:) and a happy new year

Hi. It's a hole cut in the base board. The base is supported on 2x1 battens to allow wiring etc. I put a small bundle of blue battery operated lights in a plastic tub and slid it under, then filled the bowl with iridescent snow flakes from the top.

The track is OO/HO and the loco is a Hornby OO chassis. The body of the train is hand made to a custom size to fit the village scale. All the best...Tom

The main snow is 'snow blanket' I also added a light dusting of silver glitter to make it sparkle. There are also some 'iridescent snow flakes' in the water feature and around the tracks

There are always 'haters' somewhere. The good thing as that RU-vid sees a thumbs down the same as a thumbs up and promotes the video (apparently it's an emotional response) So I should really be thanking them....LOL :))

Thank you so much. It's an honour to be featured on your wonderful website. Merry Christmas :)

You're welcome. I love your attention to details and how you feel about villaging. Well Done!

Hi Jack :) Merry Christmas, my friend. All the best....Tom