@@davehohman2323 Dave...just stumbled across your train video. Have to say its one of the best videos ive seen all year. Your love and dedication to the train hobby is deep and heartfelt. Happy Holidays, kind sir! ☃️🎄🎅
That should be a medical practice of exposing 4-7 year olds to a “village” of scale, with a cool, vintage train! They are mesmerizing to me and good for kid’s imaginations!
Have to say I just happened to come across your video here by chance and was just blown away. I want to thank you so much for letting us have a chance to view your , I'll say Masterpiece . After working 40+ years and retiring from Norfolk Southern Railway you don't realized how much I really just loved watching every second of this. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort you put into this to bring much happiness and pleasure to us that get to see it and enjoy it. I sure hope you leave it up year round so you can enjoy it everyday with your friends and family. Again, thank you so much and want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!
My grandfather passed this year, and his basement held a huge train village similar to this, but he added to it over ten years. This really made me feel safe, thank you.
This is so incredibly original and something worthy of Disneyland. I want to shrink myself down to live there! Absolutely magical and I hope you do something again this year.
I think we can all agree that not only is the village wonderful but so is the background music that goes along with it! If you build it, they will come...in this case, our views! Christmas village? Nah, this is a Christmas CITY because THIS is some impressive stuff. I mean it even has BILLBOARDS! This year we opted to put up my Lego Christmas village (the Lego Creator 10245 Santa's Workshop set and 40159 Gingerbread House set) at the bottom of my tree and then have my Disneyland monorail playset go around it. I enjoy doing a Christmas village because it makes me dream of designing the perfect, accessible and pedestrian-friendly community. Setting up a Christmas village is when we all unleash our inner urban planner.
Truly a labor of love. This year I considered putting my village on TH-cam but I think I'll reconsider after seeing this one lol. I did three levels with about 40 buildings and I felt proud of it. Really fantastic job man
Put yours on TH-cam anyway! People like us who do Christmas Villages love to see what others look like, get new ideas and dream of where we would love to take them.
Our village keeps growing. It takes up about ninety percent of the den. We have 50 or so buildings now. We do have a train but a small one. It’s a bit of work but pales in comparison to this guy. This is totally amazing.
Dave, I don’t think words can describe what I just saw! Awe inspiring, unbelievable attention to detail, absolutely beautiful don’t even scratch the surface. Thank you for sharing your artistic ability with us. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!❤❤❤
This is not a hobby but more like an addiction. It is amazing how nothing is out of scale. The cost is not something I could imagine. Just an amazing collection and amazing video
This is the most beautiful train village that I have ever seen. Will be watching any other ones on this subject that you have done. You need to re-release it this year under Christmas Train Villages to get thousands of more views.
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is incredible!!! My husband and I watched this video in awe. The hours spent in designing all of this, putting it up, hooking everything up to power, making sure it all fits, putting all the street lights, figurines etc. This needs to be in a museum. This is way better than any train village that I have seen on display. What a treasure to see this. Thank you for sharing your labor of love with all of us. Merry Christmas!
Although this is an absolute masterpiece in every way imaginable, it’s the tiniest care for details that catches my eyes. Santa swinging away in his hammock had me grinning ear to ear! Thank you for taking the time to share your creative talent! Merry Christmas!
@@_xiper No idea of total cost. Couldn’t even begin to estimate. It’s a lifetime collection and I’ve never tried to figure it out. Thanks for watching.
All I can say is "Holy Hell!". I have a Dept 56 North Pole Village with about 60 buildings and 100 or so elves so I know what those buildings cost. We're basically looking at a 401K with lights. I also love the idea of starting it on the floor rather than having to build a support structure first. I may try this on a MUSH smaller scale. You are truly an inspiration and your hard work is much appreciated by all. Merry Christmas!
Seeing this video, I am back with my nose pressed to the department store windows watching the trains circle the artificial winter scenery. THIS dwarfs that whole event. So very glad that some of us kids never truly grow out of the joy of the holidays. Thanks for facilitating a very precious memory! 🥰
This would be amazing if it were a permanent display; but to actually see you construct this from scratch is truly incredible. You are the da Vinci of the model train world, a Lionel Leonardo!
Thank you so very much Dave and Julie! You absolutely made my Christmas the very best it could be. You should have a Christmas time walk thru to view this display in person or so those of us who remember a different time could walk our Grandchildren thru the villages. Charge a handshake and hearty Ho-Ho-Ho as admission to the big event. What a tremendous work of ART and incredible investment in Trains, Villages and all the rest of the equipment, odds and ends, and electric power to put on the Show. Merry Christmas and a most wonderful New Year to you and your family. ~Ken
Hey Dave ,you put countless hours which must have taken you many days to setup this amazing holiday project. It's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this work of art!
My first job was at a scale models store that catered to model train enthusiasts. These people are not normal, but they create amazing scenes, and are dedicated to their hobby. Much respect!
Hard work pays off if you’re patient enough to see it through. And this, my friend, is a beautiful sight. You added that touch of magic that the holiday season brings. Well done! Reminds me of the fact my grandpa rebuilt Pyongyang from scratch as the result of bombing during the war. I'm taking notes as we speak to better design our capital city. We have the world's second-largest stadium (previously first), monuments of my family and our party, a pyramid-shaped hotel that towers the rest of the skyline, and a captured US spy ship, so we definitely need some more magic.
My husband is a train fanatic since his childhood. He found your video today and we both had fun watching this. Hope you will be able to do this again this year 🥰
Just finished putting up my Xmas layout. It took days for me to put it up, and I've been tinkering with it for weeks. Mine is probably about 1/50th to 1/100th of what you have going on there. Amazing you did that in 21 days. It's so well thought out and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing, your lifetime Hobby is such a gift for others to see.
glad you enjoyed the video. Every year is different last year was 25 days. This is is 21. next year might be 30. However long it takes it is a lot of work. But I enjoy it.
@@davehohman2323 If you don't mind telling me. What do you use for snow? That looked really easy to work with. I was thinking about incorporating that into my layout.
@@indynoir2178 I use 100% cotton quilt batting. Make sure it doesn’t have any type of glazing or coating on it. It’s is getting harder to find. My go to brand stopped making the one I liked. Polyester just doesn’t work as well.
Dave, my Father collected Lionel from the 1950's on. It brings tears to my eyes that he is not here to see this beautiful effort of love. This was perhaps the most enjoyable 18 minutes of my life. For all Lionel enthusiasts whose jaws hit the floor watching this video, let me say thank you from every fiber of my being. I grew up in St. Louis and would have paid a hefty admission to see this in person. Thank you again sir and have a very Merry CHRISTmas and a safe and Happy New Year. Blessings from Kansas~
❤️Dave you made one dazzling, spectacularly engineered work of art. The automated Christmas decorated village complete with the Lionel trains is a joy to behold. What a tribute to the happy birthday of Jesus! 🌟❤️🎉 Enjoying from Roatan, Honduras
This is absolutely FABULOUS!!!! Omgosh! What a lot of time and work went into this incredible Christmas village ! Thank you so much for sharing this to all of us. You are brilliant and so talented! I am beyond impressed! 🎉🎉 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎉🎉🎉🎉
Wow, this is incredible, I build Christmas villages, but I’ve never even dreamed of something like this, it’s incredible, you should be very proud of yourself
Wow!!! What a display! Takes you back to being a kid when certain department stores used to do that for the Christmas season. Thank you for sharing all your hard work. It is truely very impressive.
Finally, there is hope in this world for 2023 !!! It's a small world after all !!! ( Disney song !!) Thank you for keeping the child in all of us alive !! Simply marvelous!!!!
What was so engaging to me were the tiny little details you put in, like the guy using the snow blower, even the advertisements on the billboards. You created an entire miniature world. I don't think there's anything like this in the entire world.
This is a very special scene, something you could watch for hours. Would be great of a night time to watch the city lit up. A labour of love. Congrats.
That’s so impressive!! Well done! If you had just cool video shots of this village and that same lovely music just on a long video (like you see with the fireplace scenes), I would have that on all the time during Christmas! It’s so mesmerizing!
Dave, have you had the local TV stations do stories on your work...this is absolutely incredible and wonderful to watch...and the last minutes wow...thank you for posting....wow...
Merry Christmas Dave and Julie. Thank you for the nostalgic rewind. Beautiful job and your attention to detail is amazing. Can't wait to share this with our Grandchildren. Brad and Vicky.
This is incredible and I’m so happy I stumbled upon it. I have loved trains ever since I was a kid and your masterpiece made me feel like I was a little girl again, admiring my big brother’s Lionel layout, and feeling the magic of Christmas. I will be sending this to my two grandsons who will no doubt be watching this repeatedly until they drive their parents nuts. Thank you for sharing this. A labor of love and blessing for those of us who love to revisit the wonder of a childhood Christmas. God bless you and give you a measure of the joy you’ve given us!
My heart is filled with joy watching this amazing display, it’s a city not a village!!! So beautiful and thanks for sharing this with us. I hope are able to continue to Bless us with this in the years to come.
So blown away by this. So many questions! How many buildings? How many trains and cars total? How many hours to construct? This is sure to make Department 56 Green with envy! This has to be the most incredible, beautiful layout I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing and happy holidays!!!!
It's wonderful, and I love the man cleaning his driveway with the snow blowing machine and Santa in his sled being pulled by the reindeer circling in the air. I have a video with a ceramic town I made a couple of years ago. I have a HO scale train for the town but couldn't fit it on my counter, but it has streets with vehicles and a car show. Merry Christmas
The sights, sounds and even the smells of Christmas in my youth have just flooded my memories. Thanks for sharing this with us. Hope you and your family are enjoying a great holiday. Cheers.
The kid in me went "wow." I hope you share this with neighborhood. The kiddos would love it. A local church has a display every year and they have a scavenger hunt for the older kids to find stuff in the display. It takes them a while to find everything.
Thank you for sharing this video with us. The amount of work you no doubt put into it, will appeal to hobbyists of all ages, regardless of the subject matter. Happy Holidays to you and yours. It's worth playing just to see it all come to life. The music just adds to the spirit, and theme, of your layout.
"I chose the impossible, I chose... Lionel Christmas Village, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Lionel Christmas Village can become your city as well” ~Dave Hohman
So awesome!! I wish Christmas felt like it did as a kid… then I watch this and it makes my heart tingle of joy for Christmas and Santa and all the good stuff!!! I feel 5 years old again after watching this masterpiece
WOW! It was fascinating to watch how this all came together. What an honor to us all that you would share this labor of love. It takes a very special person who would take the time to create such an outstanding experience for his family, friends, and strangers to enjoy. For just a little while, you took me on a magical train ride through Christmas Town. This is what I call CHRISTMAS MAGIC!!!
Wow, Dave, what a show. Thanks for that. Here in Australia Lionel is not seen very often so it's even more of a treat. Best wishes for the holiday season.
That's not only beautiful, it's practical too... What a way to tell that one relative NOBODY wants at the table, there just wasn't room this year. lol it looks like a lot of work but what you ended up with is really spectacular... MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.
Ok, first I start by saying wow! The detail in everything being perfect is outstanding. I've never seen anything like this before, you took this to a whole other level!! Gorgeous work!!!
I've never seen your videos neither know who you are, but God, one has to appreciate the amount of effort, time and money you put into this project. It looks absolutely amazing and that brought me joy by just looking at it for a few minutes. Thank you for doing that and sharing it with us.
Oh Wow This Here is A Masterpiece Jewel 💎 This Man Made A Whole Entire Christmas Village 💖💖 With All The Details Put in places An Architecture Marvelous Art 🎭
I'd love nothing more than to come home to this just to escape all the bs, and sit and stare at this for hours. Absolutely stunning, I wish there were a long video of this, so I could put it on loop. Thanks for sharing my friend! ☃️
That’s just incredible. Beautiful job! Hope you and your family have a wonderful time enjoying that masterpiece! Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
OMG ! I waited until the End of the video to reply . you & your layout are and is insane . My mind was wondering while you were setting it all up . This is breath taking to me , I could not imagine taking that much time to do this . Kudos to You & your Wife . She has a lot to do with this as much as you do !
This is crazy amazing! We've watched a lot of Christmas village train layout here on youtube and this has got to be the best one. Amazing video...I'm really feeling the Christmas on this one. Subbed.
This May I'm watching this for the first time. Absolutely stunning i truly love Christmas and me watching with kids. I can't wait to see what's to come for Christmas 2023. Awesome Awesome JOB.
Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏 Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and personal saviour??? I do. Thank you God for miniatures and teaching us about scale and measurements in Jesus name amen 🙏
Dave, What An Impressive Layout! Wait A Second... This Isn't Just A Train Layout, THIS... Is A Work Of Art!!! I Absolutely LOVE This!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@davehohman2323 Dave...just stumbled across your train video. Have to say its one of the best videos ive seen all year. Your love and dedication to the train hobby is deep and heartfelt. Happy Holidays, kind sir! ☃️🎄🎅
A work of Love! Over his pride. Must be a good person!
Holy Shush! This guy is an intense craftsman!
That should be a medical practice of exposing 4-7 year olds to a “village” of scale, with a cool, vintage train! They are mesmerizing to me and good for kid’s imaginations!
Have to say I just happened to come across your video here by chance and was just blown away. I want to thank you so much for letting us have a chance to view your , I'll say Masterpiece . After working 40+ years and retiring from Norfolk Southern Railway you don't realized how much I really just loved watching every second of this. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort you put into this to bring much happiness and pleasure to us that get to see it and enjoy it. I sure hope you leave it up year round so you can enjoy it everyday with your friends and family. Again, thank you so much and want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to you as well. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Absolutely amazing. I love it!!!
"Up year round" ?? I think they might want to use the door again. :) ~ Merry Christmas this year and every year.
@@jerrysweeten2977 lol yeah but is it really worth it? Could just walk around :)
If this was separate from your home, you could charge for admission. 🙂
My grandfather passed this year, and his basement held a huge train village similar to this, but he added to it over ten years. This really made me feel safe, thank you.
This is so incredibly original and something worthy of Disneyland. I want to shrink myself down to live there! Absolutely magical and I hope you do something again this year.
This is amazing. The amount of work and planning is unfathomable and the final result is just stunning
I think we can all agree that not only is the village wonderful but so is the background music that goes along with it! If you build it, they will come...in this case, our views! Christmas village? Nah, this is a Christmas CITY because THIS is some impressive stuff. I mean it even has BILLBOARDS! This year we opted to put up my Lego Christmas village (the Lego Creator 10245 Santa's Workshop set and 40159 Gingerbread House set) at the bottom of my tree and then have my Disneyland monorail playset go around it. I enjoy doing a Christmas village because it makes me dream of designing the perfect, accessible and pedestrian-friendly community. Setting up a Christmas village is when we all unleash our inner urban planner.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Truly a labor of love. This year I considered putting my village on TH-cam but I think I'll reconsider after seeing this one lol. I did three levels with about 40 buildings and I felt proud of it. Really fantastic job man
Put yours on TH-cam anyway! People like us who do Christmas Villages love to see what others look like, get new ideas and dream of where we would love to take them.
Definitely put on video … and post link .. love seeing all the ideas :)
It is a labor of love. If you feel proud of it put on youtube. Show it off.
Our village keeps growing. It takes up about ninety percent of the den. We have 50 or so buildings now. We do have a train but a small one. It’s a bit of work but pales in comparison to this guy. This is totally amazing.
Ah.....post it!! Merry 🎄
Dave, I don’t think words can describe what I just saw! Awe inspiring, unbelievable attention to detail, absolutely beautiful don’t even scratch the surface. Thank you for sharing your artistic ability with us. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!❤❤❤
Merry Christmas to you. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
That’s not a village, it’s a metropolis! Amazing work!
This is not a hobby but more like an addiction. It is amazing how nothing is out of scale. The cost is not something I could imagine. Just an amazing collection and amazing video
Thanks for the kind words.
Wife: It's me or the trains.
Dave Hohman: Choo Choo!
Each year at the Bend Oregon main Library a Lional Standard Gauge train is setup by a Lional Train Hobbyist
@@cranberryeater7459 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If he doesn't go broke, it's not an addiction. It's his passion or hobby. And it's really amazing!
This is the most beautiful train village that I have ever seen. Will be watching any other ones on this subject that you have done. You need to re-release it this year under Christmas Train Villages to get thousands of more views.
Wow! Wow! Wow! This is incredible!!! My husband and I watched this video in awe. The hours spent in designing all of this, putting it up, hooking everything up to power, making sure it all fits, putting all the street lights, figurines etc. This needs to be in a museum. This is way better than any train village that I have seen on display. What a treasure to see this. Thank you for sharing your labor of love with all of us. Merry Christmas!
Merry christmas. I’m thrilled that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Although this is an absolute masterpiece in every way imaginable, it’s the tiniest care for details that catches my eyes. Santa swinging away in his hammock had me grinning ear to ear! Thank you for taking the time to share your creative talent! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
When I was a child I thought these villages were miniatures of real places😅 I still believe these Christmas paradises are still out there somewhere.
Hi @@davehohman2323 , do you happen to have more or less of an estimate of the total cost for everything involved? Thanks in advance.
@@_xiper No idea of total cost. Couldn’t even begin to estimate. It’s a lifetime collection and I’ve never tried to figure it out. Thanks for watching.
No problem, thanks. Good job either way.@@davehohman2323
That is one of the most beautiful Christmas decoration I have ever seen!!🎉. I wish I could have a 10 hour video of this layout running.
This is amazing! A lot of hard work and dedication went into this. It was a joy to watch the finished project! Absolutely stunning!
All I can say is "Holy Hell!". I have a Dept 56 North Pole Village with about 60 buildings and 100 or so elves so I know what those buildings cost. We're basically looking at a 401K with lights. I also love the idea of starting it on the floor rather than having to build a support structure first. I may try this on a MUSH smaller scale. You are truly an inspiration and your hard work is much appreciated by all. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you. Thanks for watching.
Seeing this video, I am back with my nose pressed to the department store windows watching the trains circle the artificial winter scenery. THIS dwarfs that whole event. So very glad that some of us kids never truly grow out of the joy of the holidays. Thanks for facilitating a very precious memory! 🥰
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
This would be amazing if it were a permanent display; but to actually see you construct this from scratch is truly incredible. You are the da Vinci of the model train world, a Lionel Leonardo!
Thank you so very much Dave and Julie! You absolutely made my Christmas the very best it could be. You should have a Christmas time walk thru to view this display in person or so those of us who remember a different time could walk our Grandchildren thru the villages. Charge a handshake and hearty Ho-Ho-Ho as admission to the big event.
What a tremendous work of ART and incredible investment in Trains, Villages and all the rest of the equipment, odds and ends, and electric power to put on the Show. Merry Christmas and a most wonderful New Year to you and your family. ~Ken
Hey Dave ,you put countless hours which must have taken you many days to setup this amazing holiday project.
It's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this work of art!
My first job was at a scale models store that catered to model train enthusiasts. These people are not normal, but they create amazing scenes, and are dedicated to their hobby. Much respect!
Hard work pays off if you’re patient enough to see it through. And this, my friend, is a beautiful sight. You added that touch of magic that the holiday season brings. Well done! Reminds me of the fact my grandpa rebuilt Pyongyang from scratch as the result of bombing during the war. I'm taking notes as we speak to better design our capital city. We have the world's second-largest stadium (previously first), monuments of my family and our party, a pyramid-shaped hotel that towers the rest of the skyline, and a captured US spy ship, so we definitely need some more magic.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Just watched this 12/23/2023. Am totally amazed!!!!!! Fantastic job!!!!!! Thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤😊
You are so welcome
My husband is a train fanatic since his childhood. He found your video today and we both had fun watching this. Hope you will be able to do this again this year 🥰
Spectacular, David you are a true masterclass train engineer cheers
Wow! Wow! Wow! You have created the most wonderful train lovers’ Christmas scene! Absolutely stunning!!
Just finished putting up my Xmas layout. It took days for me to put it up, and I've been tinkering with it for weeks. Mine is probably about 1/50th to 1/100th of what you have going on there. Amazing you did that in 21 days. It's so well thought out and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing, your lifetime Hobby is such a gift for others to see.
glad you enjoyed the video. Every year is different last year was 25 days. This is is 21. next year might be 30. However long it takes it is a lot of work. But I enjoy it.
@@davehohman2323 If you don't mind telling me. What do you use for snow? That looked really easy to work with. I was thinking about incorporating that into my layout.
@@indynoir2178 I use 100% cotton quilt batting. Make sure it doesn’t have any type of glazing or coating on it. It’s is getting harder to find. My go to brand stopped making the one I liked. Polyester just doesn’t work as well.
Dave, my Father collected Lionel from the 1950's on. It brings tears to my eyes that he is not here to see this beautiful effort of love. This was perhaps the most enjoyable 18 minutes of my life. For all Lionel enthusiasts whose jaws hit the floor watching this video, let me say thank you from every fiber of my being. I grew up in St. Louis and would have paid a hefty admission to see this in person. Thank you again sir and have a very Merry CHRISTmas and a safe and Happy New Year. Blessings from Kansas~
I understand totally😁
@@lyonanddebanderson4418 Blessings from Kansas~
Great testimony ! It also brings tears for me too ! Happy Holidays from Montreal,Canada !
@@1983dmd Thank you and the same to you and yours.
❤️Dave you made one dazzling, spectacularly engineered work of art. The automated Christmas decorated village complete with the Lionel trains is a joy to behold. What a tribute to the happy birthday of Jesus! 🌟❤️🎉 Enjoying from Roatan, Honduras
This is absolutely FABULOUS!!!!
Omgosh! What a lot of time and work went into this incredible Christmas village ! Thank you so much for sharing this to all of us. You are brilliant and so talented! I am beyond impressed! 🎉🎉
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To say this is a masterpiece, wouldn't do it enough justice....the work, the cost that went into this...I am speechless.....😊😊😊😊🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
2023. Merry Christmas Dave. God bless. 🙏🏻
Wow 🤩 this is amazing 🎉. So much time and talent to bring it all to life. Love ❤️ it! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 2022 everyone.
Your Christmas Village is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen! Congratulations
Never ever seen something so BEAUTIFUL in my life GOD BLESS you. I love everything I mean everything about CHRISTMAS but you win 👍
Wow, this is incredible, I build Christmas villages, but I’ve never even dreamed of something like this, it’s incredible, you should be very proud of yourself
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Incredible layout and amazing work!
Thanks glad you enjoyed the video
This is a man that is dead serious about his hobby and with a wonderful Christmas spirit. Great job!!!
Wow! I would say this is the Clark Grizwold Christmas Village layout! Fantastic job on this. 😁😁👍👍
Wow!!! What a display! Takes you back to being a kid when certain department stores used to do that for the Christmas season. Thank you for sharing all your hard work. It is truely very impressive.
Finally, there is hope in this world for 2023 !!! It's a small world after all !!! ( Disney song !!) Thank you for keeping the child in all of us alive !! Simply marvelous!!!!
What was so engaging to me were the tiny little details you put in, like the guy using the snow blower, even the advertisements on the billboards. You created an entire miniature world. I don't think there's anything like this in the entire world.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
So wonderful and amazing!
Thanks for the great display again this year. You bring joy to so many with your videos! Merry Christmas and may God Bless you and your family.
This is a very special scene, something you could watch for hours. Would be great of a night time to watch the city lit up. A labour of love. Congrats.
That’s so impressive!! Well done! If you had just cool video shots of this village and that same lovely music just on a long video (like you see with the fireplace scenes), I would have that on all the time during Christmas! It’s so mesmerizing!
Dave, have you had the local TV stations do stories on your work...this is absolutely incredible and wonderful to watch...and the last minutes wow...thank you for posting....wow...
yes about 4 years ago. The local morning show ran a piece on our display. Thanks for watching.
Merry Christmas Dave and Julie. Thank you for the nostalgic rewind. Beautiful job and your attention to detail is amazing. Can't wait to share this with our Grandchildren. Brad and Vicky.
Happy holidays!
Bravo! Worth every second of kneeling, bending, crouching, crawling... we loved watching this.
I could just sit there and watch you building this incredible village
This is incredible and I’m so happy I stumbled upon it. I have loved trains ever since I was a kid and your masterpiece made me feel like I was a little girl again, admiring my big brother’s Lionel layout, and feeling the magic of Christmas. I will be sending this to my two grandsons who will no doubt be watching this repeatedly until they drive their parents nuts. Thank you for sharing this. A labor of love and blessing for those of us who love to revisit the wonder of a childhood Christmas. God bless you and give you a measure of the joy you’ve given us!
Merry Christmas Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow this is really impressive! I love the amount of detail put into the whole Christmas city. Awesome job!
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. 🎄
My heart is filled with joy watching this amazing display, it’s a city not a village!!! So beautiful and thanks for sharing this with us. I hope are able to continue to Bless us with this in the years to come.
Just amazing! Hope every kid gets to see this ( and the grown up kids too!). Thanks!🎄🎇🎀🎁🎊
Awesome job! I have a an 8’ long table with just 1 train and it’s a lot to set up. You’re my inspiration!
Love this! It reminds me of the department store Christmas displays but on a much larger scale.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
So blown away by this. So many questions! How many buildings? How many trains and cars total? How many hours to construct? This is sure to make Department 56 Green with envy! This has to be the most incredible, beautiful layout I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing and happy holidays!!!!
Wow! This so intricate and so well done! ❤️ thanks for sharing it. Merry Christmas.
Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas.
Have A Safe And Merry Christmas Celebration, Everyone ! 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎄🎄🎄🎄❄❄❄❄
It's wonderful, and I love the man cleaning his driveway with the snow blowing machine and Santa in his sled being pulled by the reindeer circling in the air. I have a video with a ceramic town I made a couple of years ago. I have a HO scale train for the town but couldn't fit it on my counter, but it has streets with vehicles and a car show. Merry Christmas
Thank you very much! Stay tuned for this year’s video coming soon.
The sights, sounds and even the smells of Christmas in my youth have just flooded my memories. Thanks for sharing this with us. Hope you and your family are enjoying a great holiday. Cheers.
It does bring back being a kid. Happy Christmas. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
The kid in me went "wow." I hope you share this with neighborhood. The kiddos would love it. A local church has a display every year and they have a scavenger hunt for the older kids to find stuff in the display. It takes them a while to find everything.
I like the scavenger hunt idea. May have to do that.
Thank you for sharing this video with us. The amount of work you no doubt put into it, will appeal to hobbyists of all ages, regardless of the subject matter. Happy Holidays to you and yours. It's worth playing just to see it all come to life. The music just adds to the spirit, and theme, of your layout.
Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@davehohman2323 Can't imagine anyone NOT enjoying it. Can't imagine your energy bill, but I do hope you have many happy guests, take it all in.
My Mom loved ceramic houses and my Dad loved trains. They would have loved this...
"I chose the impossible, I chose... Lionel Christmas Village, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Lionel Christmas Village can become your city as well” ~Dave Hohman
So awesome!! I wish Christmas felt like it did as a kid… then I watch this and it makes my heart tingle of joy for Christmas and Santa and all the good stuff!!! I feel 5 years old again after watching this masterpiece
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WOW! It was fascinating to watch how this all came together. What an honor to us all that you would share this labor of love. It takes a very special person who would take the time to create such an outstanding experience for his family, friends, and strangers to enjoy. For just a little while, you took me on a magical train ride through Christmas Town. This is what I call CHRISTMAS MAGIC!!!
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Wow, Dave, what a show. Thanks for that. Here in Australia Lionel is not seen very often so it's even more of a treat. Best wishes for the holiday season.
Greetings Australia. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching. Happy Christmas.
Something about that scale of trains! They just scream CHRISTMAS!!!! LOVE IT!
That's not only beautiful, it's practical too... What a way to tell that one relative NOBODY wants at the table, there just wasn't room this year. lol
it looks like a lot of work but what you ended up with is really spectacular... MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.
Ok, first I start by saying wow! The detail in everything being perfect is outstanding. I've never seen anything like this before, you took this to a whole other level!! Gorgeous work!!!
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I've never seen your videos neither know who you are, but God, one has to appreciate the amount of effort, time and money you put into this project. It looks absolutely amazing and that brought me joy by just looking at it for a few minutes. Thank you for doing that and sharing it with us.
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This christmas village is absolutely incredible! I hope to make something like this one day although not of the same size.
Glad you enjoyed it.
The BEST I have ever seen in my life. Thank you for going through all that work.
I’m sharing this with my brother, who’s been a model railroad hobbyist his whole life
Absolutely amazing. Thankyou so much for taking the time to spread some Christmas cheer. Merry Christmas to you.
Merry Christmas I’m happy that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Amazing, so much went into that creation.
Thanks.
This is what kids imagine their first Lionel train on an oval track looks like. You've done a fantastic job of creating a train-lover's masterpiece!
That is so totally awesome!! Beautiful and thank you for sharing ❤️
Oh Wow This Here is A Masterpiece Jewel 💎 This Man Made A Whole Entire Christmas Village 💖💖
With All The Details Put in places
An Architecture Marvelous Art 🎭
Wow, thank you!
I'd love nothing more than to come home to this just to escape all the bs, and sit and stare at this for hours. Absolutely stunning, I wish there were a long video of this, so I could put it on loop. Thanks for sharing my friend! ☃️
Glad you enjoyed the video. Check out my videos from prior years for more exams spirit. Thanks for watching.
I agree, a long loop of this video would be a great replacement for the yule log fire. 🙂
I agree with you 100%
That’s just incredible. Beautiful job! Hope you and your family have a wonderful time enjoying that masterpiece! Thank you for sharing and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas- Happy holidays. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
OMG ! I waited until the End of the video to reply . you & your layout are and is insane . My mind was wondering while you were setting it all up . This is breath taking to me , I could not imagine taking that much time to do this . Kudos to You & your Wife . She has a lot to do with this as much as you do !
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The warmest Christmas video I've ever seen. Guys, you don't have enough snow outside. Greetings from snowy Russia.
I wish we had more snow but that’s it. Glad you enjoyed it! Merry Christmas 🎄
Incredible set up, awesome seeing a fellow hockey jersey collector who likes trains as well.
Wow~~ it's so beautiful~ Thanks for sharing this amazing video~ I'm very much enjoying awesome winter village! 😍😍😍🎄🎄🎄🚋🚋🚋
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Man, this is spectacular looking, but just watching you build it is making my 65-year-old knees throb.
That’s why this this 60 year old uses knee pads. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
It's so festive and dazzles the senses. There is so much to look at. It's an amazing collection. Thank you for sharing.
This is crazy amazing! We've watched a lot of Christmas village train layout here on youtube and this has got to be the best one. Amazing video...I'm really feeling the Christmas on this one. Subbed.
Ok, I thought I was a perfectionist.... HOLY COW!!! I love it when people don't do things "half way"! Amazing work man!
Super Beautiful!!! I loved it..Thanks for bringing joy. Merry Christmas 2022 !!!!
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You make me cry is happiness THANK YOU, I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING BUT THANK YOU AGAIN YOU MADE MY DAY
This May I'm watching this for the first time. Absolutely stunning i truly love Christmas and me watching with kids. I can't wait to see what's to come for Christmas 2023. Awesome Awesome JOB.
That's was fantastic. Thanks for sharing. That should be in a Children's Hospital on display.
Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏 Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and personal saviour??? I do. Thank you God for miniatures and teaching us about scale and measurements in Jesus name amen 🙏
And on January 2nd. the wife says, “ put your trains away “!
Nope. I’m usually ready for it to come down before she is. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner For Very Very Stupendous 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
What a blessing to share your passsion with us, truly a breathtaking effort that adds to the "Wonder of Christmas"! Eucharisteo.
Wife be like... Have it cleaned up by the time I get home.
That would be my wife 100%! I wish I had room for a model train set I have been interested in them for a long time just don’t have enough space.
I love it! great job. only thing I would destroy is that Mountain Dew billboard it doesn’t go with the rest of it and it’s garbage.