We first spied Christmas villages in the 1966 edition of BH&G's Christmas Ideas book. In it, our editors suggested building a collection of fairy-tale houses from wood or cardboard to hang or display.

the village includes a whopping 264 houses and accessories, skyrocketing its price. When the first “Harry Potter” movie came out, it wasn’t marketed as a Christmas movie. Still, the scenes ...

A holiday tale of sisterly envy and greed Like so many good little Christmas worshippers, each year, amid the trimming of the tree and the curse-laden hanging of the outdoor lights, my younger ...

The miniature Christmas village is a tradition in many families — a tiny idyllic world filled happy people, shops, and of course, snow. It’s common to see various miniature buildings for sale ...