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What got you started collecting villages? I had been buying DV pieces for my BIL & a cousin as gifts, but never any for myself because we lived in a very small apt in NYC. I always said that someday, when we moved into a house, I would start my own village. That day came & did I go crazy!! Someone told me about a store that was going out of business & the village pieces were being marked down weekly. By the time they closed, I had 16 bldgs & a bunch of accessories & didn't pay full price for any of them. That was it, I was hooked for life! Now I'm in a bigger house & thinking about a permanent CIC (Christmas in the City) display. How many years have you been collecting? I started in '96 with my 1st 2 bldgs...Grand Central Terminal from CIC (for my DH who was a NYC Transit Cop & Grand Central was his post for many years) & North Pole (for my 4 yr old son, had to get a train station just like daddy for him too). When D56 started Time to ...

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1) Will Sears be coming out with a third release of buildings and accessories for their exclusive "A Christmas Story" series? 2) What is the verdict on the controversial Department 56 brand stamp issue? 3) What will be the next baseball parks released for Christmas In The City? 4) What happened to the official Department56 magazine? 5) When will Department 56 update their store locator? Please feel free to add more questions via the "comments" tool. I'm going to be submitting these to the customer service department and will publish the answers when I get them.

This is according to search results on Google for the past month: 5. Department 56 Christmas in the City From the corporate website : "Representing some of the nation's diverse and most striking cityscapes, the unusual shops do a brisk business, restaurants and ballparks are crowded with patrons and street vendors cater to a steady stream of customers." 4. Department 56 Bethlehem The "Little Town of Bethlehem" Series honors the Christmas miracle. The series includes pieces such as "Birth of Christ Nativity Set", "The Church of the Holy Sepulcher", "Nativity" and the "Potter's Shop". 3. Department 56 Alpine Village I admit I don;t know much about this series, but the corporate site says "The intricately detailed lighted buildings and accessories of this series are as unique and diverse as the towns and hamlets in the Alpine and bavarian regions they represent." I'll have to research more. 2. Animated Depar...