One might assume the miniature Christmas villages were born from some Rockwellian vision of Americana. Charlene Daniel began her miniature Christmas Village collections in the 1980s.

If you lived in Raleigh in those years, you might recognize the mysterious miniature Christmas village house sitting along New Bern Avenue as a treasured part of your childhood Christmas memories.

There has been a revival of traditional holiday decorating, particularly the custom of building and displaying miniature, Victorian-style holiday villages based on the old German markets of Thuringia.

Roberta Morris poses Monday with a small part of her Christmas village display at the Ogden Rose Library, Ogden. The Studio 56 display, currently occupying an estimated 700 square feet of space in ...

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 fo… ...

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 ...

Morris has been displaying the village since 1990. "When you visit A Small Town Christmas you will get lost in Bert's 600 square foot miniature village.

They might be made of cardboard, wood or porcelain. Tabletop villages with houses, shops, trees and miniature figures have been part of many families’ holiday decorating traditions. Trend wat… ...

Inspired by important buildings from his life, the tiny town is especially popular during the holiday season when holiday lights stream the miniature buildings.

Whether in cardboard, wood or porcelain, little villages — with houses, shops, miniature figures and snowy fir trees — have long been part of many families’ holiday decorating tradition.