I come here every year to view Epic Christmas Village from the first video to the last. It's become a Christmas tradition! I've even recommended watching these videos to friends and family. You should be on one of those Christmas programs showcasing this fantastic World you've created.

WooooooooooooooooooooooooW. I would LOVE to see this in person. Incredible display

It's really wonderful that three generations of your family share the Christmas Village tradition. Your thoughts are heart-warming and inspiring. Thank you for sharing them.

Oh my goodness!! Our humble layout taking shape this October has a long way to go....this is truly magical to old and young. I’m stunned by the subway train just amazing. Thank you for sharing the magic 🇺🇸🇬🇧

This is my favorite layout ever

I still love your Christmas Villages every year. My husband and I already started on a new Christmas Village since we move. Thank You so much and have a Merry Christmas

Thank you so much for sharing. I've been collecting pieces for 18 years - since my Daughter's first Christmas and imagine I'll have to hand it over to her someday when she has a family herself. For now, it's a favorite time for me and my Dad to spend together every holiday setting up the train, and all of the village pieces. It takes us days - as it does most collectors - but it truly brings me joy year after year! Thank you again!!

I love coming back to this particular video. Maybe it was the first one of yours I viewed first. But it has a special feeling in my heart and helps me get the village juices going even though it is almost 90 outside and fall is about here.

The music is the emotion. Without it, there is no nostalgia.

What a beautiful display!!! Thanks for sharing.

star attraction has to be subway station w/ red train and its opening doors! WOW! and of course, every city has to have its chinatown. so original! and your photography is clear and eye appealing. no clutter, surprises and 'adventure' throughout! you must've rec'd some type of award for this display, no?

I love this!!!! I just started collecting last year. This is the gold stand of Christmas Villages!

With everything that's happened this year I'm looking forward to Christmas in July preview.

Watching this always puts me in such a good mood! Can't wait for Epic Christmas Village IV!!

Just put my first village together, came across yours, made me smile! Love the music as well. Hope you keep the village up all year as I am. I love it, great job.

Wow, my wife just got a dept 56 accessory piece in the mail today and I picked up my smart phone and ran smack dab into your double masterpiece of video work and village setup! And you take it down every year and put it back up every season in a new design! Bless You!

Watching this video was total eye candy :>) Thank You so much for sharing all your time & efforts. Your wondrous love for the Christmas Season shows.

WOW! The amount of detail and work put into this. The village is living :)

Epic! 2018 season is almost here! I am spending all morning getting ideas for this years village.

This is my 2nd year watching your epic Christmas villages and I’ll continue to watch every year. Merry Christmas to you and yours! ❄️🎅🏾🤶🏾🎄

A wonderful and inspiring Christmas village - Thank you!

That's great! You'll be surprised at just how fast a Christmas village turns into a family tradition.

I cant' tell you how many times I've watched this video. You're village is spectacular!!! If anyone needs to be cheered up, just watch this!

Thank you for sharing your wonderful Christmas village with us! I enjoy repeated views. ❤

Thank you Toni! I started with 1 house that I picked because it reminded me of the house I grew up in. After that I slowly added pieces that reminded me of special times, family trips or significant events. Before I realized it my village had grown to Epic proportions. Stick to pieces that stir memories and your village will be awesome.

This is amazingly beautiful. Christmas brings out the child in me. I thank you. There’s so much going on with our youth. Losing there morals and the child in them forever leaves them. I so wish a lot would change in that way for this generation. I just wished my kids would enjoy Christmas for the reason s I do.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for acknowledging my tribute to LKH. I imagine that almost everyone who views Epic Christmas Village II has their own LKH. Let's just say that LKH was someone whose loss was felt profoundly, but whose memory will never die. I'll leave it to the individual viewer to "Fill in the blank" with their own "LKH".

Love the village! You have done another fantastic job. Happy Holidays.

Awesome shooting, awesome village and greatest dedication.

so calming & joyful to watch! amazing job!!! totally saving this to watch again during the holidays

Thank you so much for this video! I didn't have a warm childhood when i was a kid and this video and music had literally put a smile on my face, my heart and joyful tears. I love this video and music so much i must have watched this video a dozen times! Thank you so much, Santa Claus!

Brilliant Idea about the homemade track ! You ought to get a patent ! Thanks for writing back. Merry Christmas and can't wait to see your new Village.

Really excellent job on the video and the music. Gets you right in the spirit, even though its July! Time to start working on this years project already! Thanks for keeping Christmas alive!

just precious... beautiful

Thank you. A realistic but nostalgic feel was what I was going for this year. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I have two words for you. Pure Epicness.

Thank you. It's hard to do justice to the Department 56 pieces. They have such incredible detail. I'm glad to hear that you and your family are fellow Christmas Villagers. I'd love to see your Christmas Village on KZfaq. Some of the smaller villages are my favorite. Merry Christmas!

Love the golf piece too...OMG you did a stunning job!

It really did take a long time but I enjoyed it. Plus it's always nice to hear that other people enjoy the Epic Christmas Village as well. Thanks.

Thank you. Happy to hear you are starting a village of your own. I found almost all of the houses, people, vehicles, accessories and animated features on Ebay. Most of the fine details, such as sand, rocks, snow and small decorations were found at local crafts stores. Some things, like the subway station I made by hand. Good luck with your village.

Very very well done video. Love all the movement in your village.

Amazing... great detail and warmth. I really enjoyed watching this video.

Fantastic detail, an excellent job , we started building our first one this year and already spent a fortune, and still buying more ready for next year we have a lot to learn but looking at yours and others gives so much inspiration , happy new year

Amazing! Love it, now i really looking forward to christmas

Great Job!!!!! This is one of the best I've seen. I love the subway train.Great camera angles show the great detail and time you took. It has given me a couple aspirations for my Christmas village.

Really nice! Reminds me of years ago. Thanks for the video!

What an awesome job! That is one of the best displays I've seen and a rare occasion where buildings from various Villages were used in the same display seamlessly and very successfully. To top it off, a charming video. Kudos!

this is one of the most legitimate looking Christmas Villages I have ever seen absolutely great work and detail

What a buzz! It's amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for your comment. You've given me added motivation as I begin this year's Christmas Village. I don't have a blog and I'm not sure that I have a particular system. My Christmas Village changes every year and each new design just sort of happens. You should consider making a video of your Christmas Village this year, Personally, I think some of the smaller Villages are the most interesting.

Super Fantastic....thank you for posting this...so much fun to watch and inspiring.

Just amazing, love what you've done!

This is just wonderful!

This is the best thing I've ever seen.

By chance my husband & I just found your village display. I've always searched by Dept 56 - I'm so glad my husband searched "2012 village" and found yours. It's absolutely amazing!!! The best village display I've ever seen. It makes my 20 snow village buildings seem tiny! Your camera work was great...nice and slow so you can appreciate each piece. Thanks so much for posting it - I can't wait to show my family (all of which are dept 56 nuts, like me) Merry Christmas & may God bless. -Jill

I can't believe YT muted your lovely video. How crazy. It is still a delight to view.

awsome job!!!...first one I've seen with a subway and Drive-in...very inspiring for all village hobbiest!!!!

Nice work, and the details, great job

Thank you Debra. It's wonderful comments like yours that motivate me to begin planning the next Epic Christmas Village. Your comment really means a lot.

Incredible scene! I started collecting a few years ago, and dreamed of displaying my Christmas in the City pieces. Thanks for the ideas!

Your display is absolutely beautiful! WOW! Thanks for sharing it. Happy Holidays to you and your family!

At the 7 min mark the yellow and red trolleys that are going up and down..it's really nice..thanks for the help and advice as well!! Really beautiful

Oh my gosh! This is so great! It made me smile so much. It's so amazing. And all that work you put in. WOW! I love it. All of it. :) Happy Christmas! Thank you.

Your subway and ferry terminal were bangin!!!

This is truly the greatest village i have ever seen!! I'm quite a fanatic about this stuff myself i have quite a bit of trouble with hiding the wires as well as you have.

you get to do all the work and we get to enjoy!!!! thanks....

Amazing and really nice. I liked all the moving parts wow.

This is fantastic!!!!!!

the best i've seen!!!! wonderful!

COMPLIMENTS DELUXE!!! FINE JOB!! from someone who has been creating villages for over 17 years

Looks amazing

This is the one video that gives me the Christmas Feeling

WoW!!! Very very Nice. One of the best I have seen!!!

That's pretty awesome to hear! Merry Christmas Sir Trickster!

Whenever Christmas is near, I come to see your amazing video, every year! Makes me happy and forget about my unhappy times during my childhood.

WOW! Where's the "LOVE" button on this? Spectacular village!!! Great video too!

Thanks! Such a nice thoughtful reply! I watched your masterpiece video on mute the other day because I didn't want to distract the people around me. I watched and listened to the first few moments a few minutes ago and now I am anticipating quite a treat! Thanks again!

A lot a lot a looooot of money to do this!!! Amazing! 👏❤

Thank you. The automated system at the beginning of Epic Christmas Village II is the Department 56 "VILLAGE ANIMATED TRACK". It was only produced between 1996 and 1999, but you can usually find one used on EBAY.

Omg, I love you for doing this. This is awesome and takes serious talent, thank u for making my week!

A great display. Very nice!

The best village ever. Trying to get mine together but many things you have like the skiers on hill you can't get. Absolutely beautiful

Thanks. The garage with the snow thrower guy is one of my favorites.

So much work and effort put into this *Happy Xmas 2013 *

So beautiful

Thank you Stacey. The moving school bus, cars and people are moving on the Department 56 VILLAGE ANIMATED TRACK. The track comes with pegs that you attach to the bottom of whatever you want to move. Department 56 stopped making the track awhile ago but you can still find them occasionally on Ebay.

Fantastic!! Received my first piece for Christmas as a beginning. Thanks for the inspiration!

Absolutely beautiful! Like you, all my pieces have a meaning to me.

Thank you Ladybug. The feeling is mutual. I drew inspiration from your Dept 56 Original Snow Village 2009 when I was developing the lake/stream area of Epic Christmas Village II. Looking forward to your 2012 Christmas Village.

Oh wow! this is fascinating..love to have one of the Christmas village. I am looking at Ebay and hope to start my collection one day. You have done a beautiful village and thank you for sharing.

We are looking for ideas to build our first village and this is simply amazing! We have been collecting pieces but now it's time to get some scenery built. I am in awe of your creation!

Well balanced display and I love the animation!

This is so Awesome! This has Inspired me to do An even cooler village this year! Thank you!

Great christmas railway layout so cool great video lovely songs

I Don't Get Tire Watching ur Videos.... I Watch Over and Over..... Thanks....!!!! You are A Genius....God Bless u....!!!

Congratulations on a remarkable work of art - your creativity and layout are awsome! Merry Christmas

Well done!! .. and great choice of music.. Very memory evoking.

That is an awesome hd Christmas village video

HOW WONDERFUL SO BEYOND BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE I ENJOYED ALL THE VIDEO TEARS CAME ROLLING 😌OF JOY AND REMEMBERING ALL MY KIDS WHEN THERE WERE SMALL AND SO ON ..I WAS SO AMAZE .IVE BEEN COLLECTING LIL HOUSES IN THRIFT STORES THESE YEAR IM ALSO MAKING A LIL VILLAGE .THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL VIDEO.