However, she admits, while shopping at the now-closed Carols and Carousels in Lincoln Heights, she always had her eye on the Dickens Village, made by Department 56.

In 1977, Department 56 (which originally imported Italian basketry) added the miniature lighted houses to its line. The Dickens` Village structures have been produced since 1984.

This year, Jack and Kay Pfenninger, of Midland, have decorated their home with a Dickens’ Village collection by Department 56.

Not that Naomi and John Lawrence of Westtown began with such great expectations. — About 20 years ago, they purchased the church in the Department 56 Dickens Village Series - a nice little ...

According to a Graceland press release, it will display more than 1,500 "village" items, showcasing both traditional and pop-culture-inspired Department 56 collections, including "Dickens Village ...

Winter Wonderland features an exhibit of 56 Dickens Village collectibles, set in the Victorian period when Dickens wrote.

Department 56 started out as a division of Bachman's, a florist in Minneapolis, and in 1976 they released their original Snow Village series.