Christmas Village 2017

We put out Christmas Village up this past weekend.  Each year things go a little different and this year was no exception.  We got a new couch this year and it is not the same shape as our last one, and not quite as large.  

  

 The village went up mostly the same as in previous years and here is finished version.

Here is the "before" shot of our living room

Here is an in-between shot after gathering all of the buildings out of their boxes.

As in previous years, I built a platform from empty plastic tubs and placed a piece of plywood on top for stability.  The new couch is not as large as our old one but it still worked out just fine.

I like to use the styrofoam inserts the come in the boxes of the village pieces to add height and variety to the landscape.  I had to re-cut the big piece of foam core that I use on the lower level since the old piece fit around the curved section of our old sofa.

To see complete instructions on how I set up the village, click the links below:

To see the previous year's village set up, click HERE

To see how I set up the village, click HERE

Probably the biggest change in the village this year was the Angel Moroni statue on top of one of the larger churches.