Department 56

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Dickens' Village  •   North Pole Series  •   Christmas in the City
New England Village  •   Alpine Village  •   Snow Village
Halloween Snow Village  •   Winter's Frost Village  •   A Place to Remember Snowbabies  •   A Christmas Story  •   Disney  •   Peanuts  •   Rudolph Snowpinions  •   Santa's Sweet Shop  •   Whimzily  •   Cozy Christmas
Simply Splendid  •   Lollysticks  •   Pumpkinseeds  •   Pillars
My Souls Window  •   Nature's Canvas  •   Just Too Cute
Heirloom Boxes  •   Passages  •   Gallery of Light  •   Take Heart

One Christmas evening, a group of friends set off to enjoy a dinner of celebration at a small country inn nestled in a quiet river town. As they rounded a bend in the road, they saw the small, old-fashioned village decorated for the holidays. The lights, like fairies, glowed and sparkled amid the freshly fallen snow. All evening, the conversation was full of Christmas memories and the visions the tiny town had evoked. Amidst the jovial banter and magical memories, the idea for a lighted Christmas village was born. That spark of an idea became a reality when, in 1976, Department 56 introduced a series of six hand-painted, ceramic buildings. The rest is history.

The company behind the villages.

Some twenty-five years ago, Department 56 began as part of Bachman's, a premiere retail florist in Minneapolis. Bachman's used a numbering system to identify each of its departments. The number assigned to wholesale gift imports division was, you guessed it, 56.

Now headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Department 56 has become a leader in the giftware, collectibles and holiday decorating industry and is best known for our hand-crafted lighted villages, Snowbabies figurines and extensive lines of holiday and home decorative products.

The building of a village: An historic events calendar.

Dickens' Village

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The Architecture,
customs and history
of Victorian England
are inherent in the Dickens' Village Series. These distinguished and quaint buildings and accessories are an inspiration to all who
make them part of
their holiday traditions.

Artist: Barbara Lund

St. Luke's Church
DICKENS' 25TH ANNIVERSARY SE Introduction: 2010
Lit House Not
Otherwise Defined,
Plastic, Porcelain
11.8in H x 8.4in W x
9.8in L. St. Luke's completes our introductions of special editions commemorating the Dickens' Village 25th Anniversary. Inspired the church located in the Chelsea area of London, where Dickens married Catherine Hogarth on
April 2, 1936.

Shoeing the Horse
Introduction: 2010
Village Accessories
Not Otherwise Defined, Plastic Resin, Porcelain
2.875in H x 2in W x
4.25in L Coordinates
with 808841 DV Bean
and Son Smithy Shop

Green Grocer
Series: DICKENS' 25TH ANNIVERSARY SE
Introduction: 2010
Lit House Not
Otherwise Defined, Porcelain 7.1in H x
5.7in W x 7.3in L
Department 56 has
issued a 25th
Anniversary Edition
of Green Grocer. This
new building offers similarities to the original introduced in 1984; a thatched roof made from straw, small diamond shaped windows, and wrap-around shop window on the main floor.

It's 1940, in the northern Indiana town of Hohman. 9-year-old Ralph "Ralphie" Parker wants only one thing for Christmas -- an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. Between his younger brother Randy and having to handle school bully Scut Farkus, Ralphie doesn't know how he'll ever survive long enough to get the BB gun for Christmas. When Ralph asks his mother for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, she says, "No, you'll shoot your eye out".	When Mrs. Shields, Ralph's teacher at Harding Elementary School, assigns the class to write a theme about what they want for Christmas, Ralph sees a golden opportunity to express his desire to have a Red Ryder BB gun. Ralph gets a C+ on the theme, and Mrs. Shields has written "You'll shoot your eye out" on the theme. Ralph's next plan is to ask Santa Claus for a Red Ryder BB gun, and how does Santa respond? By saying "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."	By this time, Ralph has had enough of that. When Scut Farkus and his sidekick Grover Dill start in on Ralph while he's on his way home from school that day, Ralph knocks Grover Dill to the ground, beats Scut's face bloody, and then pounds Scut's head on the snow-covered ground several times. Ralph thinks he'll never get the BB gun for Christmas now. And all of the other kids are going to be getting what they want for Christmas. But someone may have planned a surprise for Ralph.
Ralphie Visits Santa Introduction: December 2008 Village Porcelain	The Police Station Introduction: 2010 Lit House Acrylic, Not Otherwise Defined, Porcelain,Tin 7.36in H x 4.84in W x 5.35in L	My Secret Decoder Introduction: 2010 Village Accessories Plastic Resin 2in H x 1.25in W x 1.5in L

Inspiration: Disney
Ariel Trinket Box Introduction: December 2008 Covered Box	Tinker Belle Trinket Box Introduction: December 2008 Covered Box	Also availible Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White

Treat yourself to the whole Peanuts gang with memorable ceramic scenes featuring Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown and Lucy.
Sorcerers Apprentice Introduction: 2010 Nightlight Plastic, Polyurethane 6.5in H x 2.25in W x 4in L	Reading By Moonlight Introduction: December 2008 Figurine Earthenware	Watching For Vampires Introduction: December 2008 Figurine Earthenware
Title: Finishing Touch Bubble Light Introduction: 2010 Nightlight Plastic, Polyurethane 7in H x 2.5in W x 4.5in L	Title: Snoopy's Snowball Introduction: 2010 Candle Holder without Candle Glass, Plastic Resin 3.5in H x 3.75in W x 6.25in L	Peanuts Christmas Pageant Introduction: 2010 Figurine Dolomite, Plastic, Stainless Steel 3.7in H x 2.99in W x 4.25in L

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Department 56

The company behind the villages.