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@@danettenelson7180 Thank you so much Danette!!

@@teresabrophygoode4688 Thank you Teresa!!

Thanks so much 😊 Not feeling like a superwoman too often.... the fast video makes me look like it though! Putting the train together today. Let's hope it goes better than last year!

@@carishields7834 I know, right???? The year has flown by.

@@debbikelley2357 Thank you!!

Thank you Franky! It is a much better solution to the night sky than the canvases I had up last year that kept falling down! 💫 💫 🌌

@@lalifilipovic9166 thank you Lali! Working on this years village now. Every year is a wonderful experience, although the 2023 village was very challenging! This year better! Thanks for watching. 👍🏻

@@frankyvandenbroecke7678 Helllllooooo Frankie! Your English is fine. I'll be looking for your video on YT!! Good for you to be finished already. One day I will come to Belgium maybe??? ❤️🇧🇪🎄🎅🏻

Hello! It's a Bachmann trolley purchased about 5 years ago. They switch things up so the nearest I could find was the Williams trolley, available from Amazon or any outlet that sells Bachmann trains. I love it too! Adds a cool city vibe to the village.

@@TheasChristmasVillages thank you so very much for the info. I was able to get the set directly from Bachmann website. I can’t wait to have the trolley running around the village.

@@thepaperexpressions6430 It adds a great ambiance, you'll love it!

Hello Deb!! Glad to see you back, I hope my videos will entertain you! 👍🏻

Hello again, Tulip! I switch things up from year to year if something doesn't work well. I spend time in the 8 months off to try and research other solutions. If I should stop building I don't know what I would do with all that free time! I'd probably end up doing other things like starting a new bracelet-making business.... oh, wait, I did that already!! 😂

@@TheasChristmasVillages Good one!

@@teresabrophygoode4688 Thank you Theresa!! I love this time of year where I can put all my efforts into creative activities!

@@TheasChristmasVillages looking forward to tuning in. Great ideas coming from what you do. I have to advance my mini Christmas village ❤️

@@sandywallace218 so glad that I could help you with your own creative techniques. I find this time of year, very gratifying, as I get to express creative expressions. Glad you enjoy the videos!

@@lindalatoza8334 you are more than welcome!

@@thepaperexpressions6430 so glad that I am an inspiration to you, as you express your creative abilities in building your own village. That's actually all I ever wanted to do was inspire other people, so that's very gratifying. Thank you.

Thrilled to be back! It will look quite different from last year. Last year I placed all my houses, this year going to be a bit more choosy! Stay tuned....

I'm glad you liked the video, I hope you'll come back to see what I'm doing next week!

Thank you, Sharon! I was hoping my faithful friends were on the lookout! 👍

Thanks Kimberly, I had to figure something else out for the starry night sky this year. So far, so good! Nothing fallen down yet! Have fun building! I love it.

@@cathyedwards-n9r it's called poly-filla or spackling. It comes in pink or white. The pink changes to white as it dries, that's how you know it's dry enough to paint. The reason I use spackling is to seal the styrofoam before painting. Otherwise it just soaks up the paint which then disappears (learned that the hard way🙂)!

@@danettenelson7180 Thank you so much! I'm getting things in place to start building my 2024 village within the next few weeks, so stay tuned.

@@TheasChristmasVillages I can’t wait to see your village this year, I’ve set up my tables and are also getting things out to get started. I want to try making a removable tunnel/bridge this year, wish me luck. lol 😂

@@danettenelson7180 Good luck girl, you can do it!! 👍🏻

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Thank you!

Hi Heather, the spackling is applied to give the styrofoam a better base for painting,. If you apply paint directly to the styrofoam, it tends to soak in and disappear. The texture the spackling leaves is also beneficial, makes the "mountain" look more realistic. Hope that helps.

@@TheasChristmasVillages Thank you! I’ll try this!

@@thomasshreve750 Welcome aboard!! Have fun, there's several years worth here.... Glad to hear from you. 👍🏻

Thanks for your congratulations. Part of the fun of having a channel is connecting with other entrepreneurs like yourself! My daughter is like you, her gardens and outdoor activities, and she and her family are currently on the lookout for a bigger property to accommodate her green thumb. She is hampered by a small city property that doesn't have the space she desires for her flowers and veggies. She wants to get chickens as well. With the weather we've had in Canada (lots of rain every week again, and a hot, hot July), gardens here are like jungles right now. The landscapers in the area are run off their feet with maintenance. It a crazy year, not only with weather, environment but also politics all over the world. Feels like we are spinning faster and faster, right? My redesign of the 2024 Christmas village is still only in my head. I have completely different ideas for this year. Next month I will start slowly rebuilding the seasonal display! Cheers, and thanks for reaching out!

@@frankyvandenbroecke7678 Hello Frankie!! Yes, I'm still here! How have you been?

Everyting fine ,Just a year older 😂 from july 26 (71)

@@jimmyrants4342 Thank you, Jimmy!

Thanks so much!

Thank you Philip!!

@@TheasChristmasVillages My pleasure! I have been trying blue foam as an alternative to using plaster rock castings (on a model railroad) the only problem I am having is the foam seems to absorb the paint differently than plaster so a little hard to match colors of my plaster castings. I thought maybe I should find something to seal the foam and perhaps (hoping) it will be better for painting and matching colors. Any suggestions are welcome.... Philip NYC / Jersey Shore area

@@uptownphotography Hello again Philip: I've found by experience that plain styrofoam or extruded polystyrene is much too porous to paint directly. I have used a polyfilla/spackling layer or even plaster/plaster cloth to apply, dry completely and then painted. Any way that would seal the polystyrene before applying paint will work. Seems like a lot of work, but definitely worth it in the end. Hope that helps!

You are welcome!!

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You are more than welcome! 👍

You are welcome!! Hope it all comes together amazingly.

Thank you Flo!! I'm a year younger than you! Hope you continue to watch the videos, this particular one was done three years ago. My situation has changed quite radically since then, and along with a new diorama, new ideas for cord management. All the best as you enjoy this fun but addictive hobby! 👍🏻

No, sorry, shipping would be impossible.

My biggest issue with trains in tunnels are the cords for the lighting that need to go to the power bars in the very back. They need to go under the track bed. And that means sorting out the cords even before the tunnel is closed up and levels built. Makes it awkward to get a smooth track. As soon as the track isn't completely smooth, the train has trouble. I could go electric train but somehow the expense doesn't make much sense anymore. I probably only have a few years of village building left. 🤭

Because something that works one year doesn't work for another. And styrofoam stairs do not store well , they look quite ratty the next year. I have saved them before, as well as platforms to raise buildings, and I never end up using them again. I prefer to make fresh every year. Tailor made for each new layout.

I can understand that. i make my villages different every year also. @@TheasChristmasVillages

Thank you Teresa! Happy New Year!

Thank you!! I'm glad you can benefit from my videos. To build the tunnel I simply glue several slabs of Styrofoam together, place them on the base where I would like the tunnel to be, put the track on top of the slabs, trace out where the track would go, and use the hot Styrofoam carving knife to carve out the walls of the tunnel. I typically do not glue the level down to the base, only because the cords for the lights of the houses that are standing in front of the cliff need to go underneath that level. Then I lay another thinner slab of Styrofoam on top for the roof of the tunnel. I do not glue the roof down because it needs to be accessible in case of disaster in the back of the tunnel. Then I place several narrower slabs of Styrofoam (glued together) on top of that, to produce the second level. At this point, if you wanted varying levels for the buildings, you would add them now. Here are the links to two videos that show how it's done: ua-cam.com/video/vGmNwRV_7sw/v-deo.htmlsi=cCBeJPuc2Lzwhn1x ua-cam.com/video/HTF4YHl_1rk/v-deo.htmlsi=rmiyNnTzPbshr6v6 Happy New Year!! Best wishes from Thea