 11:30pm, New Year's Day |
 Generally, I will buy close to 225-250 pounds of candy in the two to three days following Christmas. The next step of preparing for the next season is tearing down the current village. Although this is a sad day for me, the dismantling day, I still have to do it to move forward. Then the actual infrastructure the village sits on, a system of milk crates and wooden boxes, are stripped down back to wood and plastic, and stored for the long off season. Throughout the month of January, I spend countless hours pouring over all photography of the previous season, deciding what I liked, didn't like, how to change each subdivision, each annual house, etc. Each village is different from one holiday season to the next. |
 Mid Years Construction |