Anyone collect/own Dept. 56?

I have about 30 houses in my Dept 56 Christmas village. It takes me about 2 weeks to put it up. The past 2 years I haven't done it because it's so much work. I find if I take a year off I'm excited to put it back up again.

Yes, I have about 7 pieces of the snow village.  I used to only put it up every other year, but since having grandkids, it is every year. They love to hear the jingle bell house play music.

Yep - I have a large Christmas in the City collection, and smaller North Pole and New England villages. I only set up the city every few years, but the smaller ones go up each year. I love them, and enjoy seeing the way other people display them. Have fun!

I have several pieces of the Christmas Village. Since we have moved into this house I have no where to display them. I really miss putting them out through the Holidays.

My DH collected Christmas in the City before we were married and during our early married years. Through the years it became my responsibility to set it all up during the holidays. Not happening. It’s been in boxes in the guest room closet for years now. It’s pretty and I enjoy it, but I don’t have the time to deal with it.

you can display one house on its own with other holiday accessories. I’ve done that when I didn’t want to drag out the whole collection.

I've got at least 35 of the Snow Village houses/stores/accessories. I love them, but have a hard time displaying them. I had a bookshelf (cheap one that looked nice, but I didn't care if I ruined it) and I drilled out a hole in the back of each shelf to run the cords. I don't have that anymore so it's hard. But they're so beautiful - I just love them!

I have several pieces of the Snow Village. DH got my first piece, a blue victorian house, the first year we were dating and wrote "A place for them to begin" on the tag. Each year he gets a new piece or accessory to commemorate something that happened in our family during that year. Sometimes it's something small like a campfire accessory set the year we built our fire pit and spend many enjoyable nights around it. The year our DD got married and had a barn wedding, I received the "Christmas Barn Dance" piece. It's always very thoughtful and one of my favorite traditions.

Part of his gift to me is setting it up on top of our kitchen cabinets. It usually takes him most of a day to set up. I wouldn't leave my village up year round because it's snow/Christmas themed. And they get grimy and dusty just being above the cabinets for a couple months.

We got started with a few pieces when we went to Disneyland for our honeymoon. I can count on one hand the number of times I've taken the time to take them all out, but when we do... so tedious to set up though.