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Wow! It is hard to believe that Christmas is here once again! The decorations are coming out, and the Department 56 Village is being sold afetr many years of not being used. I always mean to display it but it seems that it just gets lost in the shuffle...and time is always so short during the holidays. I have had this set for so many years that most of the pieces are now Retired! If you are into setting up your Village I have many wonderful, hardly used pieces for sale.

Did you ever go crazy looking for the manufacturer of a vintage piece? The hard part is trying to tell whether or not the piece in question is the real thing or a cheap imitation which has been recently manufactured! Years ago when Royal China, Scio, Taylor Smith-Taylor were producing pieces as give aways in detergents, little did they suspect that they would become collectible! Things to look for are naturally the shape of the piece, the Dimensions and the actual coloring of the pattern. When shopping it is best to carry a small reference book with you...but you can always go on "Gut Feel"!