In 1994, Kathleen Favrot Van Horn bought her first porcelain Christmas building — a snow-topped Santa’s Workshop by Department 56 — and displayed it on a table in her entrance ...

We’ll get another table and we’ll figure out how to store it. ... Today, companies including Lemax and Department 56 sell a dizzying array of miniatures to design your dream Christmas village.

WONDERLAND. THE HOLIDAYS ARE IN FULL SWING HERE AT CHRISTMAS VILLAGE FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY THAT THEY’RE OPEN. AND WHILE MANY PEOPLE ARE GATHERING AROUND THE DINING TABLE TODAY, A LOT MORE ...