Earlier this year I decided that everyone in my family is going to get Department 56 village buildings and accessories for both their birthdays and christmas.
Not only does it help us to easily find gifts for them, it also allows us to pair the right village series with the right people. You can usually find individual items that will have special meaning to each person also.
I selected New England Village for one of my nieces - starting out with the farm animals accessory. She loved it and asked me if there were other pieces for the village. She said she always wanted to collect a village. I was so happy that I spoiled a surprise - I told her along with her christmas present she's going to get a printout of all the pieces available in her village. There we go, another villager born!
My wife and I collect Snow Village Halloween, the Original Snow Village, and the A Christmas Story series.
My brother and his wife are slated to begin receiving the Dickens' Village A Christmas Carol subset.
My newly married niece and her husband will get pieces from Dicken's Village main set.
My other niece and her husband will be getting the fun-filled North Pole Series.
Yet another niece, along with my good friend from college and their two children, are going to get the Christmas In The City series, beginning with the baseball-related pieces.
My sister and her husband are going to get licensed items related to the NASCAR and Harley Davidson sets.
I've always enjoyed giving presents, but this will be the best year ever....!
P.S., this isn't a surprise because most of them have already received their first piece!
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