After reading this recent post from a dear friend of mine wherein she tells about how her grandmother dusted off her old Christmas Village and handed it down to her, I started thinking about the Christmas Village that my mother-in-law has. When Ryan & I were first married, I remember seeing it every year set up in her house, looking so cute and radiating with charm . In recent years, it has been M.I.A. I have been missing this quaint little addition the past few Christmas seasons, so I asked my mother-in-law about it. She told me that it's just gotten to be too much work to set everything up each year. She told me she was even thinking about asking me to sell it on e-bay for her, but if I wanted it, and if I promised to set up with love each year, it was mine. I was super excited. Last night we were able to go over to her house and pick it up. The girls and I worked all morning (with lots of love) and completed our own little version of her Christmas village. It means so much to me to have this in our home. Thanks Cindy.
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I love it! What a sweet little village. Although, it looks like we won't be visiting your house again until it all comes down in January. Rora would reak havvok on it!
I know! The first thing Ryan said when he saw it was, "Um... You do realize that all of our friends have little kids, right?". I don't know what I was thinking! I will have to come up with a better system for the years to come.
I have to tell you how happy it makes me to see someone I love enjoying something I loved. I am so glad that you are enjoying the village and especially that your girls helped you to set it up. I hope it becomes a fun tradition every year. Love, Cindy/Mom/Grandma
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