I've looked at about 50 different Christmas villages here on youtube and this one is by far my favorite one. I like how the snow is just sprinkled around the town and the grass is still visible.
thank you for watching! When I first started making a Christmas village, I covered all surfaces with snow. Then I realized the village would look so much more lifelike if green was showing through beneath the snow. Thanks for your nice comment too.
Thank you so much! Setting up a village is my stress release after a hard day at work. The music is always the hardest part as I like to find songs that tell the story of my village. Happy New Year and thanks for viewing!
Stumbled upon your video quite casually, but am so glad I did! As a collector for more than 20 years myself, I know the work, dedication and passion involved. My heartfelt congratulations to your beautiful village project. May I wish you "Feliz Navidad" from my hometown Cali, in Colombia.
Thank you for your nice comments. My village is much smaller this year as my work schedule was too busy. Hopefully, next year I will get an earlier start and be able to do a larger display. Merry Christmas.
i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me
@Colt Joey i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
I have a Christmas village that just keeps growing and growing. I have no space to put it up yet. I hope to in the future. This is a beautiful set up great inspiration.
Thanks Lacy. My first village was on a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of plywood (and I had trouble filling it up) lol. It took 30 years of collecting and now it fills a 22 foot by 24 foot room. Be careful....this is habit forming lol. Merry Christmas!
Magnifique décoration ça me fait rêver un avant goût en attendant Noël merci à vous tous c'est beaucoup de bonheur dans ce monde de brut joyeux Noël à vous tous
I love Christmas Villages, and out of all the video's on here of them, yours are my favorite. You have a real knack to make them come to life, and obviously the two thumbs down you received, are out of pure jealousy. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to yours again next year, and many years to come as well.
Thank you so much Dolores! Your kind words mean a lot to me. Hopefully, I will be able to set up my village for years to come. I often joke and say the easy part is getting down on the floor and crawling under the village to wire everything. The hard part is getting back up lol. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you Patty. I have been collecting for over 30 years, so this village grew into a small country lol. I regret to say I am not setting mine up this year, but hopefully next year it will be bigger than ever! Happy Holidays!
@@pammyj100 we started collecting about 29 yrs ago, my husband bought me the rockwell studio, I think from howthorne. My daughter and her family are coming for xmas from Wisconsin and we want to decorate our house with everything we have. It will be our last time. Can't wait to see your village next year.
I am assuming it varies but about how manny houses fit on animated track? Thanks again for sharing this is such an amazing Christmas Village a feat for the eyes well done!
the inside circle would hold about 8 depending on their size. I used CIC buildings which are usually narrower than Snow Village. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching
That is crazy amazing!! What track did you use for the cars and how did you get the movie at the drive In? It’s a wonderful life is my fave movie of all time. I’d love to add something like this to my village setup.
Hi Ann-Marie. The track is by Dept 56 "Heritage Village Animated Track". It has been retired for many years but one will surface on ebay every so often. The movie is being played on a miniature dvd player set in an upright position and the drive in accessories were from Dept 56 Stardust Drive in. Every good village has to have a drive in movie right? Merry Christmas
OMG This is amazing! This is set up in someone's HOME?? I can't imagine how many days/weeks it took to get all of this set up. I would leave it up for MONTHS, forget Christmas! This needs its own room. Awesome! I would love to see 2019's version.
Thank you Peggy for your nice comments. It takes me about 4 months to set up. I has had it's own room for many years....or should I say many different rooms as it keeps out growing them lol. Unfortunately, no 2019 village. I was a little under the weather this year. Happy Holidays
Absolutely loved your village! I am so excited to put mine up this year!! I’m going to post a video as well. I love how detailed yours is, the landscaping is top notch
No major additions from previous years - except no carnival - but still fun to watch! And so nice to see base of figurines match the platform, other YT villagers should take note.
Hi Jack, you are correct, no major additions and it's much smaller this year. I had trouble finding my Christmas spirit this year and wasn't going to do a village at all but at the last minute, I did a much smaller one. Hopefully next year my spirit will return. Merry Christmas.
yes, they are really nice. I only have one piece from Bradford Ex. and it is the step bridge and walk way that crosses over train tracks. I love it and it is really well made and painted, worth the $$$$.
Fabulous! As always... Let's see, I saw A) your home, B) a nice plug for your business (Hey, why not? It will watched by thousands!), and C) some home movies of sledding(?). Every year I'm envious of your working Animated Track. You're still the queen. My video should be posted before Dec 1st. Merry Christmas!
Kohl's Dept. store has their own village collection called St. Nicholas Square and they sold that piece a couple years ago. They even had shoppers pushing the little buggys they have in their store. Walmart was purchased many years ago at their store for less than $10, you may be able to find on ebay and Home Depot....I can't remember who's that is but I found on ebay. I have also seen Apple Bees, S & H Green stamp stores and a few other major dept. stores. Best bet is search ebay for them. Good luck in your hunt!
hermoso. Disculpa podrias decirme como ases el movimiento denlos coches Me encantan las. Villas y quisiera aser una. Espero puedas ayudarme muchas gracias
Gracias por sus amables palabras. Los autos están en una pista eléctrica del Departamento 56. Ha estado retirado durante muchos años. Es posible que puedas encontrar uno en eBay. Se llama Heritage Village Animated Track. ¡Buena suerte!
Thank you for the nice comment Shelly. The car track is Department 56 Heritage Village Animated Track. It has been retired for over 15 years now. I painted it black and rigged the bottom of the cars to run on it. Every so often one will show up on ebay
Lemax made a track with battery operated cars It's called "Classic car set" also retired for many years and hard to come by. There also is something called "E-Z Streets or Super Streets" that is run off of your train power pack. Do a you tube search to see how it runs. I'm going to add to my display this year, hopefully lol
the track is Dept 56 heritage village animated track. it has been retired for many years. I painted it black and made an animated roadway of it by attaching 1:32 scale cars. I've seen a few lately on ebay but BE CAREFUL....a lot of them don't work, however, you can replace the belt for around $120. good luck and happy holidays
So, I'm one of the many thousands of people who have watched this wonderful video showing off PJ's Catering (at minute 1:23, folks). How does your friend make the customized buildings? I especially like the old Drifters' rendition of White Christmas. Also, where did you get the shopping cart shown with Red Owl Grocery? Is that a D56 piece? BTW, I counted 26 structures in this video that I have. It's just too bad that we have to wait 9 or 10 months to see your 2018 Christmas village. Best wishes, my friend.
Hi Jim, I hope you are somewhere warm and free from the nasty flu bug! The replica of PJ's was made by a gal I found on the internet many years ago. She went by "Red Dirt Girl". I sent her pics of the deli and she did a wonderful job. Then about 8 years ago, we remodeled the building and I sent her color swatches and some of the actual stone so she could "remodel the model". Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reach her for a few years, I hope she's ok and just out of the business. The replica of my home was done by a guy in the Netherlands Joop Eisler is his name. He is a member of one of my village collectors fb groups. He does many replicas for people and very reasonable (a few hundred dollars for mine) I sent him photos and color swatches. He also uses Google Earth to get many details such as roof vents, electric boxes, etc. We had a slight language barrier, but we were able to understand each other with the help of photos of things. The Drifters song of "White Christmas" is a rendition by the US Navy Band, I found on You tube. They have a lot of great song remakes. The shopping carts I purchased on ebay. I searched "miniature shopping cart magnets". They were around $8 each and the food items I purchased from Larrys G Scale on ebay. I'm already starting to plan 2018's display, I'm guessing you are too! You are very detail oriented- I LOVE that! Have a wonderful day. Pam
Thank you for the help. I found 2 different refrigerator magnets on eBay, which came with assorted other magnets including a nice gas grill perfectly sized for village people. The others the granddaughters can play with. I found your fellow Joop. His last name is Essers, and he does remarkable work. I've used LarryGScale a few times for nicely sized pieces.
Jim, I still can't believe you came to PJ's today for lunch! What a pleasure it was to meet you. When I'm done writing this, I'm going to watch your golf video....Lord knows I can use the help lol. Safe travels to you my friend. Oh and I would LOVE to see the 21 decorated Christmas trees....next video perhaps???
PJ's for lunch is the place if you're in the Pittsburgh area! We did a video called Merry Christmas 2012 back in 2012 when we had probably only 15 or 16 trees. It's still on my playlist. Obviously it's time for a re-do. The hardest part will be to convince Laura to take all the pics in landscape mode. She used to be a photographer at a newspaper.
they are lemax. I purchased many years ago. I think they were from the Vail Village collection. There was a hot coco stand and these figures sitting at little tables, sorry, can't find the name
pammyj100 lol! Same here. Im 28 and since A kid ive always been a big/HUGE xmas fanatic. And I just started my village collection 3 year’s ago. Ill try to post a my first video this year.
I start the first week of September, so I am under way! This year, I am setting the village up in a room that is 24 x 28. My video from 2016 is set up in that area and at the end I pan the entire village so you can see the size of it.
I'm glad you were able to find the drive in. The screen on mine broke so I am using a mini cd player for the screen. The car track is another on that is hard to find.
Nicely done. I have been looking for the road for the moving cars everywhere. Can’t seem to find them anywhere. I’ve looked online but no success. Where did u get yours?
The roadway in this video is by Dept 56 "Heritage Village animated track'. It has been retired for many years and last I saw on ebay it went for around $300. It was painted white but I painted mine black to be a road. If you look at my other videos, I have used it for a parade, a pathway on a golf course and a trail in a park. This year the road for cars. Good luck in your hunt and thanks for watching. Merry Christmas!
Fantastic village, great job! I have had such issues with the dept 56 animated tracks, the motor always stops working. I've been through 4 sets and finally removed it from my village. Here is a link to my 2017 village: ruclips.net/video/j7ScjaXocxY/видео.html
Thank you for the nice comment. There is a place in Florida that sells the motors for the animated Dept 56 items. It's called Suntronics. I got a new motor for mine (around $30) and installed it myself and it work perfectly. I am going to watch your video next. Merry Christmas
Hi Joey. I start setting up the village in September and take it down in January (it's pretty dusty by then lol). Also, I set it up differently every year
the track is from dept 67 "heritage village animated track". it has been retired for many years. I found mine on ebay years ago. I painted the road way black and have used it as a sidewalk with a moving parade, a cart path on a golf course, a walk way through a park, and now a road in the city. you can check it out on my other videos. Have a Merry Christmas!
hello, at 3 minutes and 3 seconds of the video appears moving cars on the street , what is the name of the track that makes them move? Where I can buy ? Can you tell me the name of this movement system?? Congratulations to the work
happyholidaysparts.com tell them Rick from UMA sent you please! If you are still in need!👍🏽 This in reference for all that may need assistance thank you Pam for your beautiful Christmas displays!
What are you using as a base layer? I use the thin white snow, but am looking to make a change potentially. Here is mine from last year ruclips.net/video/xH1YIeUMqTI/видео.html
I'm hoping you can help me :'( RUclips blocked our video of our Christmas village because of Copyright infringement, how do we add all the info of our songs? Or where do we add it please? I've researched over this issue for countless hours now, thanks so much in advance , Grace
Hi Grace. I have had this happen to me. First, I would try to reload the video to youtube. If it still blocks due to copyright, go to video manager click on copyright content and follow the steps to remove the block. If you monetize your video and agree to "share revenue" that may also lift the block. Also if you ask youtube under "help" they will have the steps listed to assist you. It took me several tries and finally, I got my video to unblock. Please let me know of your progress. Good luck, Pam
I've looked at about 50 different Christmas villages here on youtube and this one is by far my favorite one. I like how the snow is just sprinkled around the town and the grass is still visible.
thank you for watching! When I first started making a Christmas village, I covered all surfaces with snow. Then I realized the village would look so much more lifelike if green was showing through beneath the snow. Thanks for your nice comment too.
@@pammyj100 That's exactly why I love it ! 🤗 Happy Holidays
Loved your village!! Appreciate all the hard work and time that goes into setting one up! I also loved your sound track!!
Thank you so much! Setting up a village is my stress release after a hard day at work. The music is always the hardest part as I like to find songs that tell the story of my village. Happy New Year and thanks for viewing!
Stumbled upon your video quite casually, but am so glad I did! As a collector for more than 20 years myself, I know the work, dedication and passion involved. My heartfelt congratulations to your beautiful village project. May I wish you "Feliz Navidad" from my hometown Cali, in Colombia.
Thank you for your nice comments. My village is much smaller this year as my work schedule was too busy. Hopefully, next year I will get an earlier start and be able to do a larger display. Merry Christmas.
If that is small.... How large has it been in the past? 😱
How can I communicate privately with you?😊
my other videos from years past are also on you tube.
Have been surfing around your videos. Great job👏👏
AMAZING! Love your style for the whole thing & your sense of humor shows! One of the best I've ever seen!♥
Thank you for your kind words Robin. Gotta have that sense of humor right?
i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know a trick to log back into an instagram account??
I was dumb forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me
@Reese Larry Instablaster =)
@Colt Joey i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and im in the hacking process now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Colt Joey it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much you really help me out!
I have a Christmas village that just keeps growing and growing. I have no space to put it up yet. I hope to in the future. This is a beautiful set up great inspiration.
Thanks Lacy. My first village was on a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of plywood (and I had trouble filling it up) lol. It took 30 years of collecting and now it fills a 22 foot by 24 foot room. Be careful....this is habit forming lol. Merry Christmas!
pammyj100 Merry Christmas to you too 💖. I have already filled ten storage containers full. I got a feeling when I get to set it ol
Sorry hit wrong button. Set it up, it will take up an entire room. 😁
Hi Pammy, excellent job....The village is fantastic .... still the queen .. love it, love it
Thank you kindly! Have a Merry Christmas!
One of the Best videos and Villages ever! I love it!!!!
Thank you so much! I'm almost finished with 2018's village and will have a video here by Thanksgiving. Happy Holidays!
Magnifique décoration ça me fait rêver un avant goût en attendant Noël merci à vous tous c'est beaucoup de bonheur dans ce monde de brut joyeux Noël à vous tous
Love the choir “singing” the song at the beginning! 😂
thank you Diana
That is so cute!
Amazing! Christmas villages are such fun to create. You did a magnificent job! Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Merry Christmas to you too!!
This is just amazing, I could watch it all day!!
Thank you for your nice comment!
I love Christmas Villages, and out of all the video's on here of them, yours are my favorite. You have a real knack to make them come to life, and obviously the two thumbs down you received, are out of pure jealousy. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to yours again next year, and many years to come as well.
Thank you so much Dolores! Your kind words mean a lot to me. Hopefully, I will be able to set up my village for years to come. I often joke and say the easy part is getting down on the floor and crawling under the village to wire everything. The hard part is getting back up lol. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
And to you as well, and to everyone else here , MERRY CHRISTMAS, and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL !
Dolores Goff I just put up my village, I ‘d love for you to check it out :)
Beautifully designed Christmas Village.
thank you very much!
Love love love ❤️😍😍❤️❤️😍 this video and the City as you showing ❤️❤️❤️. I want to be leave there.
thank you for your kind words.
Beautiful! I love the cars moving on the street. Merry Christmas Pammy.
This video was so cool ! It must have taken you a long time to get it just right. Great job !
thank you so much! It usually takes me a good 3 months to complete. Thanks for watching
Wow. BEAUTIFUL. We do village every year but its not as big as yours. It takes time. We already started ours. Again, I love it☺
Thank you Patty. I have been collecting for over 30 years, so this village grew into a small country lol. I regret to say I am not setting mine up this year, but hopefully next year it will be bigger than ever! Happy Holidays!
@@pammyj100 we started collecting about 29 yrs ago, my husband bought me the rockwell studio, I think from howthorne. My daughter and her family are coming for xmas from Wisconsin and we want to decorate our house with everything we have. It will be our last time. Can't wait to see your village next year.
@@pattyp2942 I'm sure you will create a beautiful memory for your family.
This was absolutely beautiful! You gave me wonderful ideas! And is that the Drifters in the beginning? Classic!!!
thank you for your nice comments. And the US Navy band's rendition of White Christmas is the one I used, you can find it on You Tube
OMG the downtown is so dreamy!
Agree with Sue EI. Love the creativity. Nice Job!
Thank you Jeff. Merry Christmas
Thank you so much. Merry Christmas
I am assuming it varies but about how manny houses fit on animated track? Thanks again for sharing this is such an amazing Christmas Village a feat for the eyes well done!
the inside circle would hold about 8 depending on their size. I used CIC buildings which are usually narrower than Snow Village. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching
Wow... I just made a video about my village and it pales in comparison to this. The level of detail is amazing. Great work and Merry Christmas!!!
Thank you Bob for your kind words. Don't sell yourself short, I'm sure your village is beautiful! Merry Christmas to you
AWESOME job Pammy! I "Liked"it. I've been working on my village all day yesterday and two prior days. Linsterville is coming!
Oh great, can't wait to see it.
That is crazy amazing!! What track did you use for the cars and how did you get the movie at the drive In? It’s a wonderful life is my fave movie of all time. I’d love to add something like this to my village setup.
Hi Ann-Marie. The track is by Dept 56 "Heritage Village Animated Track". It has been retired for many years but one will surface on ebay every so often. The movie is being played on a miniature dvd player set in an upright position and the drive in accessories were from Dept 56 Stardust Drive in. Every good village has to have a drive in movie right? Merry Christmas
pammyj100. Wonderful once again. You always hit the WOW factor for Christmas villages. Great job!
Thank you so much. Your kind words mean a lot. Merry Christmas!
Great job with your village.Happy New Year from France.
thank you kindly! Happy New Year from USA
Absolutely outstanding, very very beautiful!
thank you
wow amazing Christmas village...BEAUTIFUL i like it very much wel done pammyj...merry Christmas & happy newyear from Belgium (bruges)
Thank you Franky! I'm glad you enjoyed. Merry Christmas to you too!
Fabulous as usual! Have you decided to do less this year? I need the vegetable garden for my farm!
Hi Jakki, yes, village is much smaller this year as my work schedule was much larger. I need to retire lol. I got the vegetables on ebay.
Amazing job Pammyj! 2018 village season can't come soon enough.
Thank you, it's already in progress
pammyj100 My wife makes me wait until November 1st lol
OMG This is amazing! This is set up in someone's HOME?? I can't imagine how many days/weeks it took to get all of this set up. I would leave it up for MONTHS, forget Christmas! This needs its own room. Awesome! I would love to see 2019's version.
Thank you Peggy for your nice comments. It takes me about 4 months to set up. I has had it's own room for many years....or should I say many different rooms as it keeps out growing them lol. Unfortunately, no 2019 village. I was a little under the weather this year. Happy Holidays
@@pammyj100 Sorry to hear there will be no 2019 village, maybe next year. Hope you are feeling much better. :)
I just started. This stuff is serious. I love this one!
thank you very much Sharon, Merry Christmas!
Absolutely loved your village! I am so excited to put mine up this year!! I’m going to post a video as well. I love how detailed yours is, the landscaping is top notch
thanks so much, I got tired of the all snow look so decided to green it up!
Incredible! Love your videos
Thank you Sheila.I'm glad you enjoy them. Merry Christmas
Best Christmas village ever👍😍😍😍
well thank you very much! merry christmas and happy new year
Will you do Christmas village this year???? Omg I love yours
not this year, work schedule too busy, hopefully next year a really big one! Merry Christmas
No major additions from previous years - except no carnival - but still fun to watch! And so nice to see base of figurines match the platform, other YT villagers should take note.
Hi Jack, you are correct, no major additions and it's much smaller this year. I had trouble finding my Christmas spirit this year and wasn't going to do a village at all but at the last minute, I did a much smaller one. Hopefully next year my spirit will return. Merry Christmas.
@@pammyj100 Thanks for what you did do!!
thank you for watching
Ohh wow the best one I've seen how long did it take you to collect them all
thank you for your kind words. I have been a collector for over 30 years....I've lost track of the time and money lol. happy holidays
Beautiful display and video.
thank you very much!
Great video! Love the music!! ❤️❤️ Thank you for being a Lemax Fan! Happy Holidays!!
Thank you for the wonderful Lemax collection. I love them! Merry Christmas
Lemax Village Collection I just put up my village, I ‘d love for you to check it out :) I have a few Lemax pieces :)
This is amazing! I really enjoyed the video!
Thank you Jean
Just wondering have you seen anyone use Bradford Exchange buildings? I saw some on their website and they look nice.
yes, they are really nice. I only have one piece from Bradford Ex. and it is the step bridge and walk way that crosses over train tracks. I love it and it is really well made and painted, worth the $$$$.
@@pammyj100 Thanks for the info. My wife Grace and I love your display! Hopefully we can get a chance this year and set up ours again.
Love it Pam! the cinema is awsome!!
Thank you Mini. Have a Merry Christmas
I LOVED every aspect of your village but the Drive in..blew me away! You gave me a lot of idea's!
Thanks for the nice comments. Happy New Year!
Thank you Cher. Every good village has a drive in right?
Beautiful work!
Wow! Amazing!!! Where the purchases? I'm starting to build a village, but I can not find where to buy.
Fabulous! As always... Let's see, I saw A) your home, B) a nice plug for your business (Hey, why not? It will watched by thousands!), and C) some home movies of sledding(?). Every year I'm envious of your working Animated Track. You're still the queen. My video should be posted before Dec 1st. Merry Christmas!
lol thanks JIm. I'll take any free advertising for the business anyday.
Hermosa Villa.👏👏👏👏👏 Algún tendré la mía
Almost forgot! Where did you find Kohl's, Walmart, and Home Depot? Beautiful!
Kohl's Dept. store has their own village collection called St. Nicholas Square and they sold that piece a couple years ago. They even had shoppers pushing the little buggys they have in their store. Walmart was purchased many years ago at their store for less than $10, you may be able to find on ebay and Home Depot....I can't remember who's that is but I found on ebay. I have also seen Apple Bees, S & H Green stamp stores and a few other major dept. stores. Best bet is search ebay for them. Good luck in your hunt!
@@pammyj100 I will do just that! Thanks so much!
The music to this village is perfect! I just put mine up as well!!
Thank you Kailey. And I just watched "tinseltown". Great job! Merry Christmas
So cool! Puts me in the mood in spite of myself.
lol thank you...I think! Happy Holidays!
hermoso. Disculpa podrias decirme como ases el movimiento denlos coches
Me encantan las. Villas y quisiera aser una. Espero puedas ayudarme muchas gracias
Gracias por sus amables palabras. Los autos están en una pista eléctrica del Departamento 56. Ha estado retirado durante muchos años. Es posible que puedas encontrar uno en eBay. Se llama Heritage Village Animated Track. ¡Buena suerte!
@@pammyj100 muchas gracias
Great job, amazing layout!
Thank you so much! Have a Merry Christmas
Karen Kirkpatrick I just put up my village, I ‘d love for you to check it out :)
Beautiful may I ask where you got the car track and the brand?
Thank you for the nice comment Shelly. The car track is Department 56 Heritage Village Animated Track. It has been retired for over 15 years now. I painted it black and rigged the bottom of the cars to run on it. Every so often one will show up on ebay
pammyj100 ty so much! Do you know if you can get these by another brand ?
Lemax made a track with battery operated cars It's called "Classic car set" also retired for many years and hard to come by. There also is something called "E-Z Streets or Super Streets" that is run off of your train power pack. Do a you tube search to see how it runs. I'm going to add to my display this year, hopefully lol
Who sang this version of 'need a little christmas" love this version!!
artist for that version is Shane Harper, I purchased through Amazon
Hey what is the cars with the track.. called or named or is their a link to it?
the track is Dept 56 heritage village animated track. it has been retired for many years. I painted it black and made an animated roadway of it by attaching 1:32 scale cars. I've seen a few lately on ebay but BE CAREFUL....a lot of them don't work, however, you can replace the belt for around $120. good luck and happy holidays
So, I'm one of the many thousands of people who have watched this wonderful video showing off PJ's Catering (at minute 1:23, folks). How does your friend make the customized buildings? I especially like the old Drifters' rendition of White Christmas. Also, where did you get the shopping cart shown with Red Owl Grocery? Is that a D56 piece? BTW, I counted 26 structures in this video that I have. It's just too bad that we have to wait 9 or 10 months to see your 2018 Christmas village. Best wishes, my friend.
Hi Jim, I hope you are somewhere warm and free from the nasty flu bug! The replica of PJ's was made by a gal I found on the internet many years ago. She went by "Red Dirt Girl". I sent her pics of the deli and she did a wonderful job. Then about 8 years ago, we remodeled the building and I sent her color swatches and some of the actual stone so she could "remodel the model". Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reach her for a few years, I hope she's ok and just out of the business. The replica of my home was done by a guy in the Netherlands Joop Eisler is his name. He is a member of one of my village collectors fb groups. He does many replicas for people and very reasonable (a few hundred dollars for mine) I sent him photos and color swatches. He also uses Google Earth to get many details such as roof vents, electric boxes, etc. We had a slight language barrier, but we were able to understand each other with the help of photos of things. The Drifters song of "White Christmas" is a rendition by the US Navy Band, I found on You tube. They have a lot of great song remakes. The shopping carts I purchased on ebay. I searched "miniature shopping cart magnets". They were around $8 each and the food items I purchased from Larrys G Scale on ebay. I'm already starting to plan 2018's display, I'm guessing you are too! You are very detail oriented- I LOVE that! Have a wonderful day. Pam
Thank you for the help. I found 2 different refrigerator magnets on eBay, which came with assorted other magnets including a nice gas grill perfectly sized for village people. The others the granddaughters can play with. I found your fellow Joop. His last name is Essers, and he does remarkable work. I've used LarryGScale a few times for nicely sized pieces.
Jim, I still can't believe you came to PJ's today for lunch! What a pleasure it was to meet you. When I'm done writing this, I'm going to watch your golf video....Lord knows I can use the help lol. Safe travels to you my friend. Oh and I would LOVE to see the 21 decorated Christmas trees....next video perhaps???
PJ's for lunch is the place if you're in the Pittsburgh area! We did a video called Merry Christmas 2012 back in 2012 when we had probably only 15 or 16 trees. It's still on my playlist. Obviously it's time for a re-do. The hardest part will be to convince Laura to take all the pics in landscape mode. She used to be a photographer at a newspaper.
@@pammyj100 AWESOME to overhear you met!!
What collection is the donut Shop from?
Kohls Dept. store. Their line is called St. Nicholas Square Village
Where did you get the people drinking by the fire?
they are lemax. I purchased many years ago. I think they were from the Vail Village collection. There was a hot coco stand and these figures sitting at little tables, sorry, can't find the name
Everytime I see this video all year long just amazes me! Tooooooo much detail. Btw, where do you get your tiny treasures from?
thank you for your kind words. most items I have purchased on ebay. I have been collecting for over 40 years, sometimes I forget what I have lol
pammyj100 lol! Same here. Im 28 and since A kid ive always been a big/HUGE xmas fanatic. And I just started my village collection 3 year’s ago. Ill try to post a my first video this year.
@@ionlyplayps5530 I would LOVE to see your video. Send me a message when you upload it
pammyj100 i will, promise. Pammy! Ill send you a message. Thanks!
would you post a picture of the total village? I can't quite comprehend how big your setup is.. Thank you
sorry, won't let me post photo. the room the village is in is 12 x 14. it is set up in the center with a 2 ft walk way all around.
Thank you I am trying to visualize it! I love your video. I had to go out and find the drive-in and the track for cars because of your video!
when do you start? if I may ask
I start the first week of September, so I am under way! This year, I am setting the village up in a room that is 24 x 28. My video from 2016 is set up in that area and at the end I pan the entire village so you can see the size of it.
I'm glad you were able to find the drive in. The screen on mine broke so I am using a mini cd player for the screen. The car track is another on that is hard to find.
Nicely done. I have been looking for the road for the moving cars everywhere. Can’t seem to find them anywhere. I’ve looked online but no success. Where did u get yours?
The roadway in this video is by Dept 56 "Heritage Village animated track'. It has been retired for many years and last I saw on ebay it went for around $300. It was painted white but I painted mine black to be a road. If you look at my other videos, I have used it for a parade, a pathway on a golf course and a trail in a park. This year the road for cars. Good luck in your hunt and thanks for watching. Merry Christmas!
Fantastic village, great job! I have had such issues with the dept 56 animated tracks, the motor always stops working. I've been through 4 sets and finally removed it from my village. Here is a link to my 2017 village: ruclips.net/video/j7ScjaXocxY/видео.html
Thank you for the nice comment. There is a place in Florida that sells the motors for the animated Dept 56 items. It's called Suntronics. I got a new motor for mine (around $30) and installed it myself and it work perfectly. I am going to watch your video next. Merry Christmas
Lovely village.
thank you, have a merry christmas
hi love it!! some of you people lool like the are from train sets what size are they ho or o?
they are O or G scale. HO is way to small for Dept 56 and Lemax. I purchase a lot on ebay from Larry's G Scale Store
Authentic to so many places where a "white" Christmas is a sprinkling.. ;)
Nice vintage theme
Thank you
How long did it take to put all this together
this is a small village so only took 4 weeks. my village for this year is much larger and took 12 weeks
Is this something that you take down and put up every year? I would play with this everyday!!!
Hi Joey. I start setting up the village in September and take it down in January (it's pretty dusty by then lol). Also, I set it up differently every year
pammyj100 ,Awesome! I’m just starting out. I told my wife that I’m gonna be in trouble this year.
Très joli, félicitations!
Merci joyeux Noël
Wonderful, very nice
Thank You, Happy New Year
Can u tell me where I can find the cars that are moving on a track
the track is from dept 67 "heritage village animated track". it has been retired for many years. I found mine on ebay years ago. I painted the road way black and have used it as a sidewalk with a moving parade, a cart path on a golf course, a walk way through a park, and now a road in the city. you can check it out on my other videos. Have a Merry Christmas!
Ciao, dove posso trovare la pista delle macchine, o come si chiama quel tipo di pista con movimento
La pista proviene dal Dipartimento 56. Si chiama Heritage Village Animated Track. È stato ritirato per molti anni. Ho acquistato su ebay.
hello, at 3 minutes and 3 seconds of the video appears moving cars on the street , what is the name of the track that makes them move? Where I can buy ? Can you tell me the name of this movement system?? Congratulations to the work
Great village.
Thank you, Merry Christmas!
What is the size of this town in sqm ?
54 square feet
@pammyj100 . Thanks. Happy new year wishes from Colombia☺️
Wow! Very nice!
Thank you, Merry Christmas!
Very nice! wow! ❄️🎄🍏🚂🍭☃️🎁
Magnifique
wow! as in wow! 👏👏👏
lol thank you
Amazing!
Thank you, Merry Christmas
Very nice village
thank you Mogas. Merry Christmas!
Dickens Villages are beautiful. But I think I'd rather live there!
WOW!!! GREAT JOB
Thank you, Merry Christmas
Pammy is my nickname, so you know I Just had to subscribe!
lol I love it! Thanks for subscribing Pammy!
WOW, another great village video! Give mine a look when you get a chance.
Super bonito
thank you
Love it!
thank you Pam
Coisa linda!
It's nice to see a nativity on a Christmas display. Too many of them are just winter villages and NO nativity can be found.
Love it
Thank you Robin. Merry Christmas
WOW!that's all I got.
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happyholidaysparts.com tell them Rick from UMA sent you please! If you are still in need!👍🏽 This in reference for all that may need assistance thank you Pam for your beautiful Christmas displays!
Fun!
What are you using as a base layer? I use the thin white snow, but am looking to make a change potentially. Here is mine from last year
ruclips.net/video/xH1YIeUMqTI/видео.html
Hi
Pammy if you don't mind me asking, what is the couple kissing in the drive in theatre called?
it is two separate figurines that I cut the bottoms off and put together. I can't remember the names of them but they are Lemax.
@@pammyj100 you're sooooooooooooo talented and creative 👍👍👍
lol. Merry Christmas my friend!
Luv your videos :) an inspiration!
Thank you so much. Your kind words mean a lot to me. Merry Christmas
I'm hoping you can help me :'( RUclips blocked our video of our Christmas village because of Copyright infringement, how do we add all the info of our songs? Or where do we add it please? I've researched over this issue for countless hours now, thanks so much in advance , Grace
Hi Grace. I have had this happen to me. First, I would try to reload the video to youtube. If it still blocks due to copyright, go to video manager click on copyright content and follow the steps to remove the block. If you monetize your video and agree to "share revenue" that may also lift the block. Also if you ask youtube under "help" they will have the steps listed to assist you. It took me several tries and finally, I got my video to unblock. Please let me know of your progress. Good luck, Pam
pammyj100 how sweet thanks for your help we will keep trying and do as you said., Thanks so much :)
pammyj100 it's up and running, thnx soooooooooo very much for your help, mine is Coriaville2017
Amazing!
Thank you
Amazing!!