My Christmas Village

I hope your Thanksgiving was lovely and spent with those you love. We had a great meal at my daughter's and enjoyed being with them.

Yesterday, I had some spare time, so I brought the bin marked Christmas Village upstairs. I've picked up odds and ends for a little over a year now, and have created a small village. Most of the items are from Good Will so they do not match. But I think that's the beauty of it.

I set it up on the built in book case next to the fireplace.

I did buy the pond and ice skaters at K Mart after Christmas last year. It uses batteries, and the skaters actually move around the pond.

The little white cottages came from JoAnn's I think. They are ornaments, but look so pretty in my village.

The Santa and Snowman signs are from Dollar Tree, this year.

So this is the entire village. Not big at all, but I enjoy it so much.

PicMonkey has the cutest graphics to add to your pictures. I love using that program to edit my photos.

I'll be sharing more Christmas decor this week, as it is complete. Hope you enjoyed visiting the Christmas village.

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