Department 56 Christmas

8 of the best sites for Department 56 Christmas decorations. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestions at the bottom of the page. (Related searches: Christmas Decorations, Outdoor Christmas Decorations, Outdoor Nativity Scene)

1. Department56.com Christmas Products - The official Department 56 site showcases a variety of popular & currently-available Christmas-themed villages, tree ornaments, gifts and decorative accessories, including A Christmas Story, Christmas in the City and A Christmas Carol porcelain villages and figurines, as well as display ideas and information on retired sets. You can’t buy here, but you can locate an online Department 56 retailer or a store near you. (www.department56.com)

2. Department 56 Christmas Collectibles at Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland - Buy new Department 56 Christmas villages as well as individual figurines and sets. Among the building and figures are those from Alpine Village, Christmas in the City, Dickens’ Village, North Pole Village, Snow Village, and A Christmas Story. (www.bronners.com)

3. Department 56 Christmas at eBay - Thousands of Department 56 Christmas collection items up for auction or immediate sale here, including discontinued / retired pieces. You’ll find complete village sets like A Christmas Carol and Snow Village, tree ornaments, Christmas in the City musician figurines, a birch tree with Christmas lights, A Christmas Story accessories, various Krinkles collection pieces, much more. (shop.ebay.com)

4. Department 56 Christmas Krinkles at ChestertonManor.com - This online retailer offers The Krinkles Collection (2002 - 2008) by Patience Brewster for Department 56. Products (now retired) for sale here include complete villages, full-sized and miniature ornaments, Krinkle trees and figurines. Not the most intuitive site to read or navigate, but you’ll eventually find what you’re looking for here. (www.chestertonmanor.com)

5. Department 56 at Wikipedia - Learn more here about Department 56, a manufacturer of miniature holiday villages, tree ornaments and collectibles known for its Christmas displays and Snowbabies collections. The various villages are listed including the inaugural Snow Village, the Heritage Village, featuring A Christmas Carol, and Christmas in the City, a depiction of New York in the ’30s and ’40s. (en.wikipedia.org)

6. Matt’s Department 56 Extravaganza - Collector offers perhaps the largest personal collection of Department 56 Christmas items online for your viewing pleasure. Also provides a ton of Department 56 information including details on the 25th Anniversary villages, new introductions and retirements, exclusives and early releases, abbreviations (e.g. CIC = Christmas in the City), events, history, articles and more. Most of the site is devoted to Christmas items (as is most of Department 56) but other products from the company are also featured. (www.mattlake.com)

7. Christmas Cheer Brightens Couple’s Home - This December 2009 article profiles a Winston-Salem couple whose home is dominated over the holidays by an elaborate village of lighted, miniature Department 56 Christmas in the City porcelain buildings and figurines. Collectors for more than 20 years, the couple welcome visitors to their home to view the massive first floor display, which features the Times Square building in New York (complete with New Year’s Eve ball), the Empire State Building and a skating arena. (www.2.journalnow.com)

8. Smash Goes the Christmas Village! - The author of this December 2009 blog post recounts the genesis of her Deparment 56 Christmas in the City collection, a miniature, lighted New York fantasyland of Manhattan circa “Miracle on 34th Street,” and its subsequent destruction some years ago by her 9-year-old son, who tripped over the extension cord stringing the set together. Fortunately, her son was okay and her damaged set brings back fond memories of her son’s younger years. (www.startribune.com)

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