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    Christmas Villages A BIG THING

    Dec 10, 2019 3 minutes
    BY CHRISS SWANEY
    Image courtesy of Brandon Taylor

    Every day is Christmas for collectors of Department 56 iconic villages populated with Victorian-style churches, warm, cozy cottages, animated windmills and detailed homes reminiscent of everyone’s most poignant childhood memories.

    Brandon Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas, has been amassing Department 56 collectibles for the past 30 years. He has some 700 pieces and displays his favorite houses and accessories throughout his home.

    “I’m busy right now remaking my North Pole spread by constructing a larger venue for it,’’ said Taylor. One

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