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Today's kids don't know the magic of Christmas villages

While items like glowing village houses, ornate garlands and Christmas greeting cards once captured the height of holiday ...
It’s not so much a miniature Christmas village as it is a yuletide metropolis. When Charlene Daniel’s brother gave her a miniature ceramic collectible toy shop building as a Christmas gift back in the ...
What began as a gift of a ceramic building has become a collection of idyllic Christmas scenes spreading across several yards of tabletops. This year, Jack and Kay Pfenninger, of Midland, have ...
There's a place for elaborate garlands, flameless candles, and feathery plumes protruding from Christmas trees. But, sometimes, the holiday season calls for simple, old-fashioned decorating. Think ...