There has been a revival of traditional holiday decorating, particularly the custom of building and displaying miniature, Victorian-style holiday villages based on the old German markets of Thuringia.

Whether in cardboard, wood or porcelain, little villages — with houses, shops, miniature figures and snowy fir trees — have long been part of many families’ holiday decorating tradition. They’re also ...

MONROE – To get in the Christmas spirit, many Central Jerseyans head to some of the region’s most festive towns, such as Flemington, Clinton and Somerville. John DiTirro of Monroe just walks to his ...

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 ...

Wayne’s Christmas Village began simply, as Wayne Groff tells it, in second grade. “I started decorating my bedroom back when I was in second grade with a small artificial tree, posters, and paper ...

The miniature Christmas village is a tradition in many families — a tiny idyllic world filled happy people, shops, and of course, snow. It’s common to see various miniature buildings for sale around ...

Roberta Morris shows off part of her Christmas village display, on exhibit through Christmas Eve at the Ogden Rose Library in Ogden. The miniature ceramic consists of many different scenes, such as ...

BACOLOD CITY — Saying Jesus must be the center of Christmas, the person behind this city’s iconic miniature Christmas Village has added a new twist to his masterpiece this year. Bamboo Tonogbanua ...

Thanksgiving is in the rear-view mirror, which means it is now socially acceptable to decorate homes for the holidays. Many are content to string up a few lights or stick a plastic snowman on the ...

SADIEVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Christmas village scene is taking up two large windows in the old city hall building in Sadieville for all to enjoy. Malissa and Andrew Adair told LEX 18 it takes them ...