Dept 56

Dept 56 Snow Village Department 56 is a popular company that had specialized in manufacturing and designing collectibles, holiday decorating products and also gifts. Since 1976, the year when the company set up, it became the leader of this industry. Over the year it tried to focus more on the offered products and offering a wider variety of them, this is how the Department 56 ended up having around 3000 thousand products nowadays, all of the being different and unique. Between these products there are to be found the small, miniature snow villages, as well, that so many people adore. This article will focus on this product of the company and will try to provide as much information about it as possible in order to make it known for even those who have never heard about it before. The snow villages are one of the special products that the company manufactures. The idea of making them and their history of evolution it is really nice and also interesting. There were some friends who were once invited to dinner with the Christmas celebration occasion. While they were crossing the small village, their eyes got blocked on the beautiful and old-fashioned houses decorated for Christmas that made the village so unique and admirable. They felt that all the lights, the houses, the snow; everything was taken out from a fairytale. During the dinner they were talking about what they just saw and what good memories this view had evoked. Once they realized that probably most of the people would feel the same as them, they decided to manufacture villages that would look almost the same. This is how this clever idea for producing lighted Christmas villages got existence and came true. The first product of this kind, the little snow village, became a reality with the six ceramic and hand-painted buildings were put together. These buildings set the beginning of The Original Snow Village. But this initial idea of the six buildings and the invented designs were changed after a few years in order to give place to a totally new design when some brand new introductions were introduced. This was the time when the first accessories for the Villages appeared. Through the years all these inventions were improved and the company’s products became really popular. This brought up a new idea; the one to develop The Heritage Village Collection which included many very well knows cities. The first born product of this kind was The Dicken’s Village Series, which consisted of a nostalgic church and seven shops. This was designed in a way to capture and bring back the spirit of celebrations during Christmas in England during the Victorian times. Other two series were introduced soon, The Alpine Village Series and The New England Series as additions to The Heritage Village Collection. This happened in the time when the Snowbabies figurines were introduced. The addition soon continued, and in a few years other two series members were included, the Little Town of Bethlehem and Christmas in the City. All these developments and new decorations of the snow villages had so much success that made the Department 56 company being the leader and gaining much strength. Soon the Santa’s legend became part of the series, when The North Pole Series were added to the collection of villages. In 1994, after the company was taken over from the initial inventors and founders, the series were completed with another village, The Disney Parks Village Series. The existence of these snow villages made people think about collecting them and making it a tradition. Thanks to the great design and the minimal details that they were made with, these manufactured products became really popular since they really contributed to the Christmas spirit. The company even started a website in order to provide as much information about the products as possible and to serve as the direct source for those who want to purchase. Soon they opened retails, as well, since there was such a great demand for the snow villages and not just. In order to make the snow villages even better, they invented the “long life cordless lighting” with which the lighted building does not need the electrical cord used before. With this improvement people are able to put up the snow villages wherever they want without having any problems. With all the facilities these villages have, it is so easy to use them. This is why every collector likes them. It is no wondering that people find pleasure in doing so. The series were under a constant development and were having added new features and with all these the company’s owners attracted many collectors who were new in this area and in some cases it even made families hope to establish a holiday tradition by using them each year. All the villages are made with so much details and precision. The accessories made of porcelain, the lighted and old-fashioned or modern buildings and all the animated sections are made so carefully. The snow villages made by the Department 56 company are very popular and people love these collections. Those who want to have a precious collection and are seeking something new, should definitely consider these snow villages.