SHOW OFF!!! LOL. OMG.....long live the King! Jim, this left me speechless! First, 4 HOLLYDALE'S??? What a statement. Love the parade route, the hot air balloons are amazing and the music....perfect! Also the parking garage, so realistic as well as a lot of buildings that are so unique. The cinematography is top notch! The helicopter on the roof of the police station, oh my! Your kitty at 6:34, perfect! Loved how you incorporated all the holidays celebrated, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa...truly a story of inclusion, I applaud this! And then there are the celebrities the Beatles, Obama's, Rockettes, Elf, man the royalties you are paying out LOL. And my favorite is how you included the girls in the video, from the billboards to the live shots of them around town, you are their hero (mine too). Thank you for this beautiful work of art. You have put me in the Christmas mood my friend, for this is by far the BEST village I've EVER viewed! Congratulations. I vow to be back next year, I want to give you some competition, although, I don't think this one can ever be topped! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. Wishing you much health and happiness in 2021! Your friend Pam
I'm blown away that I could impress the QUEEN of Christmas videos! Thank you truly for your kind words. Four Hollydales (and four Jingles Dept Stores) make nice large block-sized dept stores. The hot air balloons were eBay pieces off somebody's old broken cheap Trendmaster Mainstreet Parade animated display. The parking garage and police station are o-scale Menard's model train buildings -- easy peasy 4.5 volt plug-ins. It took me a year to find a Kwanzaa figurine the right size. The first thing the girls noticed at Thanksgiving (first viewing) was their billboards! As you taught me -- follow the song and make the characters and vignettes fit the lyrics. A minor hobby of mine is searching for excellent obscure Christmas songs. I'm pretty sure that next Christmas season a certain blonde master villager will burst onto TH-cam wielding a flamethrower of a village video. There's nothing that can match a good woman inspired! If the pandemic will lift, I hope to stop in for lunch at the famous PJ's Deli next summer on a trip east. Stay healthy, happy and Merry Christmas. Your admirer, Jim
@@jpetersgolfpro just watched again and forgot to mention the first time, I love the hand with the clicker to start the action, priceless.Also the traffic lights with the don't walk sign, the fresh falling snow, the overhead view of the parade AND the fireworks. I will live vicariously through your village this year
Wow, truly amazing! I never ever thought of putting multiples of the same building together. I am a Christmas in the City collector, not really though, now that I've seen this! Thanks so much, we'll done!
It always seemed natural to me, especially the corner buildings like Hollydale and Jingles department stores. That way they take up a whole block. If D56 and Lemax won’t make large buildings then we have improvise. I live in an urban neighborhood and many homes are tight together and look very much alike. Thank you for your nice comments.
I only wish I could shrink down to fit and stroll through the Christmas Village..This was so amazing.And the real life beautiful children were wonderful.What fun they must have had. Pretending to be there. pretending can take you anywhere....I can't even imagine how much money you have invested and time you put into this beautiful creation..I enjoyed this so very much.Thank you so much for sharing your brilliant creations. 🙂🎄
Excellent job! I love watching these village videos but THIS RIGHT HERE. Everything was selected and tied in to one another perfectly. This was truly an amazing feat!
OMG - i THOUGHT I had a large set up with 20 houses and accessories but this far outshines mine can't imagine they ever take it down nor should they!!!MARVELOUS
Holy COW! This is a real city. Put on your boots because the snow is sticking. Jim you certainly have a way of taking things to the next level. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Love the way you made the parade rotate,please share your secret. Love the way the lyrics to the songs chosen focus on figures that match the lyric,perfect timing. Your children superimposed in the village is the icing on the cake 🤗
Thank you so much, Marybell. My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. I've gifted it to another villager -- pammyj100. None of my local peeps wanted it. Pammy turned it into a clever Covid horse race in 2021: th-cam.com/video/FoEDQFt4Jxg/w-d-xo.html. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings. If you watch my 2020 movie trailer, you can see laying on its side alongside the pile of unopened boxes.
@@jpetersgolfpro I don’t know if you can watch it on my TH-cam since I’m new at posting on TH-cam but I do the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade and would love to display it like your parade that rotated so I can display more balloons
@@marybelltorres-medina1862 I found your TH-cam channel! I remember seeing your parade pictures on Facebook in one of the groups we belong to. You and Passenger PTC both have good-looking parades, but there's almost no crowd watching. It takes a while, but look for figures that are standing shopping or look like they are observing something. It's okay to get doubles or triples because you can paint their clothes a different color or place them far apart. What good is a parade if hardly anyone comes to see it? A big hint: turn your smartphone sideways and see if there is a way to take pictures in 16x9 aspect ratio. Also, use a small tripod to keep the camera very steady. Or, just use pictures like slide show.
@@jpetersgolfpro if you look on the post on TH-cam with just photos you will see I have the bleechers with some spectators sitting and others standing to the side. I find Lemax offers more affordable figures that are both sitting and standing
Amazing as usual! I loved the use of the 4 building buildings and the parade was top notch. All the buildings with villages in the windows are fun, and your granddaughters are delightful. The billboards of your granddaughters were perfect too. Your Christmas in the City is phenomenal also. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed your video. You're the first to notice my collection of villages-in-the-window buildings! Merry Christmas to your family.
The football stadium is a 12-building structure. The baseball field is a 5-building structure. It took 6 years to accumulate (at a decent price) those buildings.
Impressive, Peter, is wonderful the christmas City. Congratulations on the excellent work. Greetings from Brazil. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family.
Thanks for watching! Part of the music coordination is choosing an obscure song with lyrics you can imagine a vignette that can be staged. I listen all year long in my car to the candidate songs. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Good effort Jim. The size of this set is astonishing. Well done for capturing the spirit of the 'village'. I can see you have spent a lot of time pulling it together but I reckon the family will have fun watching this. Our 5 min video production has now generated almost £2000 for Alzheimer's Research so we are pretty pleased given the tough times we are all experiencing. Merry Christmas Jim and to all your followers - here's to a happier and healthier 2021.
Hi Robin, Can you educate me on how I can set up a donation link like yours for my 2021 Christmas village on TH-cam? I just passed 8,000 views for my 2020 video and the opportunities to contribute to a charity are large. Thanks, Jim
@@TheVillageCollector Very cool! And thank you. I have been collecting and writing pieces & snippets about how to "professionalize" making a village video. I did a 1-hour seminar at the last NCC Gathering. There's too much stuff to explain to make a TH-cam video that would be less than 40-minutes -- who would watch all that? I've also thought about making it a website. I have an free empty site on Weebly (my golf teaching business uses the other site). You know, The Big Crab Cake started one that is mostly is a compilation of his videos but still fairly sparse on helpful hints for construction and zero on video techniques. There are scads of videos on elements of building your village, but next to nothing on how to best show it off, much less how to use your video to evoke emotions or tell a story. Whadda ya' think?
Again this year - congratulations Jim !!! Official Nominee for the Hall of Fame. Don't forget to vote, and tell your friends to vote every day as well.
Jim, each year when I think that you have reached your creativity level, you take it higher. The parade is amazing and incorporating your granddaughter is awesome. LOVE IT. Outstanding Job. Thank you for sharing. P.S. I took 2020 off and for 2019, I experienced some computer issues, which I will complete the video footage. Merry Christmas!
I can't seem to find your last request about Ballpark Bleachers power adapter, so here I am. I have this piece & used it for bleachers to watch the parade. The adapter is Model #0450300DF, 4.5v DC 300 mA, female. I think #137 would work: department56.com/collections/replacement-parts/products/replacement-adapter-4-5v-dc-300ma-white-female-jack
I loved it. I've watched your other videos over the years....this is the best in my option. Like Julie below, I would love for friend to make and selling the parade mover. Your videos are always an inspiration. Merry Christmas to You and your family
Your village is amazing, your editing is fantastic. Job very well done! Your girls are as precious as ever and those baby cheeks! I REALLY need to pinch some baby cheeks now!
Beautiful .I wish I had the skills to edit my village video half as good as yours. I love seeing what you create each year .and this one is awesome .thank you for sharing your talents .
Hi Robin, video editing skills are the same as village building skills -- patience, attention to detail, some creativity, some undetected plagiarism, continuous learning. You can do an amazing video on your smartphone!
Jim, this has got to be the best Christmas Village video I have ever seen and all so professionally filmed and produced and the most important part of this village is the humour you add and the obvious love you have for your family. There's just one thing missing from my list of perfect village ingredients...........O-scale trains, the movement would add another dimension, I know you have your moving road system, which in itself is awesome and it's even more to set up and take down, but it would add another layer of magic to your already magical creation. It's in no way meant as a criticism, it's probably because my Dad was into trains and now it's in me too. He'd turn in his grave at the scale inaccuracies of the Christmas Village genre though 😅. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creations year after year, you've set the bar high for others to aim for, and how will you follow that next year? I for one can not wait to see.
Thank you so much for your kind words. That roadway is giving me fits with consistent operation. Way back in 2011 when I made my first video, after watching hundreds of village videos, I imposed on myself four "rules" so that my videos would be different and stand out -- no trains (I've had a trolley & cars), no carnival rides (in winter?!?), no ski mountain, and no layering or shelving. It just seems that everybody has one or more of the Four. I know well that motion catches the eye so I look for other ways to include that. The scale "inaccuracies" change the dynamic from a model train -- the train dominates, the buildings and people are secondary -- to the people and their vignettes -- people respond emotionally to other people and their situations. The music is a huge emotional tug, too! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks for watching! Walmart, I think, the biggest wattage remote control I could find. I use lots of C7 LED lights in the houses to save on electricity. I also have remotes for all of the animated pieces to keep the grandkids from running everything at once.
Thanks for watching. There's a big closet behind the sky that houses my wife's seasonal change clothing -- winter to summer. What do you think? It has to be down by April, and I don't get access again until November. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for watching! My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for quick reply. Consider the gauntlet thrown down on the parade mover! Have some ideas. Will let you know if I find a simple solution.
Thank you for watching! I can't remember where the little Santa & reindeers float came from, and my two Lemax floats were too wide to fit the parade mover. I presume you mean the balloons. They were eBay pieces off somebody's old broken cheap Trendmaster Mainstreet Parade animated display. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
I absolutely love the parade mover! Would your friend consider making another and selling it. I have a parade but it doesn.t move. Your village was so beautiful. I love all the original thoughts that went into.
Whew is right! That was a lot of good info. Thanks for answering. I do have the EZ Street Expressway meant for only one car. Bachman said I need to contact a hobby or train store to get help expanding the track, adding cars and having the right power supply. The stores I’ve contacted have not been especially helpful. What was your power supply? Pammy said she hooked hers up to the HO train transformer
Pat, I've had three cars running on the single Expressway Set loop. Just place the next car you buy onto the track. I used the transformer that came with the Set. Pammy had two loops in her last video, so maybe the second loop used a different transformer that worked. I didn't have that much luck. Here is what is currently on eBay for Bachmann E-Z Streets: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bachmann+ez+streets
Hi Jim, Great video! I really do like the way that you use the duplicate buildings, especially Hollydale's. What type of camera are you using? your zoom shots are sooo smooth compared to mine.
Thanks, Mark of Frendoville! I use an iPhone 11 which can shoot photos in 16:9 aspect ratio (no cropping later). The video is built in Windows Movie Make Live, which has a great pan & zoom feature (called the Ken Burns effect) for photos. I use far more photos than video clips. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Thanks Jim. I've only been taking pictures of the village (for show), for 2 years now, same thing with the video editing, so I'm still learning. I've seen some really great videos of villages, focused and so vividly clear, especially yours! And stills do seem more effective. Thanks for the info. And Merry Christmas to you and the family also!
@@frendoville6236 I believe most people respond to vignettes (other people) and detail, especially if the music fits. Stills with a little Ken Burns pan or zoom do a better job.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for the follow up. I've been reading your articles in 'The Village Collector,' and find them very informative. Hopefully you'll discus the Ken Burns effect a little more in one of your next editions. Thanks!
@@frendoville6236 I'll get to Ken Burns eventually, but for the foreseeable future I'm stuck in photo composition topics. Next up is video topics, then video editing. We'll get there way before next Christmas' village! P.S. Glad to know someone is reading those columns!
lol im having the same issue with my "1" on my times building. it doesn't want to stay straight or keep falling off. nothing a bit of fun tac cant fix. Forgot to add, It looks amazing. Great job!
Thanks for watching! My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The annulus roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for the brief overview. Between my insane drive to figure things out and then create, coupled with my engineer son who builds mechanical devices for fun, I'm hoping we can come up with an option that suits my space. Do you change up your village every year?
@@lannalejeune3954 Yes, completely! That's the fun part for me -- imagining something different, trying different things. My tables (see th-cam.com/video/9puxUlNfexA/w-d-xo.html) are arranged in the same place each year (164 sq ft) but the heights and extra styrofoam vary each year. I'm constantly churning inventory by buying and selling buildings, accessories and little people on eBay. If I run out of ideas, then I'll stop making village displays and enjoy everybody else's. Right now I have about 3 years of ideas percolating. I'll be looking for your video on TH-cam?
@@jpetersgolfpro I've been a village enthusiast for years, and rarely repeat the same layout. I have around 100 square feet of space I work with, and build all my own platforms, sidewalks,, roads,, and whatnot. For the past 5 years or so, I've done an open house for whoever wants to come and walk through. I cook gumbo (Cajun girl, here) and we have a great time. While I DO video it every year, I've just not gotten around to posting it online. Maybe this year. 😏
@@jpetersgolfpro and that's why I wanted an idea of your parade. I've looked for a couple of years for a ready-made but adjustable track/path, but haven't had luck.
Astounding in so many ways! So many questions: how many buildings are there, how long did it take to put together, why wasn’t EZ street running and where did you get the large turntable looking conveyor belt for the parade? Oh my!!! I have been asking Pammyj100 how to put more than one car and expand the track of EZ street. Bachmann tells me I need a command center. Would you, could you please advise? Thanks for any help you can give. Pat
Thank you for watching. I'll try my best to answer your questions. I count "structures" -- buildings, bridges, lighted boats and roadway systems. There are 175 on 164 square feet of tables. It takes me most of November to lay it out, hook everything up, and accessorize. The first viewing is for the family at Thanksgiving. I take picture and video clips during construction of finished sections, while I have close access. The video takes about 3-5 days to put together. E-Z Street motion scenes this year are on the editing room floor. I've done plenty of them in previous villages, and I try to get close to 15-minutes of video total. A friend of mine designed, built and loaned the parade mover to me. As he says, "You can't afford it." I'm not a model railroad fan or expert. One of my self-imposed rules is to never have a train in my village -- everybody seems to have one. If you bought the E-Z Street Expressway Set it comes with a transformer specially made for the system. You can add extra vehicles by just placing them on the track. Even though you can dial speed on the transformer, the two cars (or more) will not run at the same speed (due to differences in wheel lubrication and electrical contact efficiency). I bought extra track on eBay -- 5" straight, 10" straight, 16" and 21" diameter curve sections, 2.5" straight-to-curve connectors, 2.5" straight-to-straight, 2.5" curve-to-curve and Y-connectors. You must keep the vehicle wheels and motors lubricated -- they sell a special lube for that (item #99981). You can buy extra track under the Bachmann brand, or Lionel Superstreets or K-Line Superstreets, both brands of which Bachmann purchased and are compatible. Whew!
Good morning, I tried to look up the parade it comes up Somerville, and no xmas village parade. Is it possible it could be under a different name? Thanks for taking time. Merry Christmas.
CIAO JIM PETERS SONO ANNA DALL'ITALIA. NON TI SMENTISCI MAI E STUPENDO OGNI ANNO SEMPRE PIU' BELLO ALL'APERTURA DEL VIDEO MI PIACE MOLTO I RE MAGI E LA NATIVITA, AI MESSO QUEL GRANDE PALAZZO DEL 2021. CHE DIRE E'UN INCANTO OGNI ANNO CHE FAI IL VILLAGGIO IO ASPETTO CON ANSIA, O VISTE LE DUE BIMBE CHE SONO UN AMOR,E VORREI SAPERE COME SI FA A INSERIRE LE PERSONE UMANE. AI AGGIUNTO TUTTE LE PARATE CHE E UN SINGOLARE MI DEVI DIRE DOVE LAI PRESE E MI PIACEREBBE PRENDERLE!!! O LI AI FATTI TE!!!!!!! SAI CHE QUI IN ITALIA NON ARRIVANO TUTTE QUESTE BELLEZZE. TI FACCIO TANTI COMPLIMENTI E UN SERENO NATALE E UN FELICE ANNO NUOVO, NON OSTANTE TUTTO LA PANDEMIA SPERO CHE STIATE TUTTI BENE TE E LA TUA FAMIGLIA SAPPI CHE LO CONDIVIDO CIAO ANNA DALL'ITALIA..GRAZIE DI AVERLO CONDIVISO
Grazie, Anna, per le tue gentili parole. Sono contento che ti sia piaciuto guardare. L'inserimento di persone dal vivo in un'immagine (o clip video) viene effettuato mediante un processo di editing video chiamato "screening verde". Puoi google "screening verde" per vedere come viene realizzato. Uso il software acquistato per realizzare i brevi video. Il motore da parata è stato progettato, costruito e prestato a me da un amico del villaggio. Buon Natale a te e alla tua famiglia!
Hello, I was watching your video of your villa, it is spectacular, could you tell me in which online store I can buy the houses and buildings I do not live in the United States and if I could buy online it would be great and again congratulations
Mr. Peters I’ve been trying for two years to figure out how to make a parade like this one. It’s spectacular! You shared it with a lady who is in a Village group I’m a member of and she directed me to this video. Would you be willing to share with me how to make one? Pretty please? Diane Teetz Coffey
My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The annular wooden roadway runs on tiny wheels in a groove atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
CIAO JIM PETERS IO NON MI STANCO DI VEDERELO LA PARATA LAI FATTA TU CHE MOTORINO LI AI MESSO SOTTO LO VORREI FARE QUANTI GIRI SONO FAMMI SAPERE COSI MI PROCURO IL TUTTO LA DORO BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ciao Anna, il motore da parata è stato progettato e costruito da un'amica, unico nel suo genere. Aveva un diametro di 122 cm con una carreggiata larga 41 cm. puoi vedere come funziona nel video clip dall'alto. L'ho regalato a un altro videomaker del villaggio, pammyj100, perché ci stupisse.
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SHOW OFF!!! LOL. OMG.....long live the King! Jim, this left me speechless! First, 4 HOLLYDALE'S??? What a statement. Love the parade route, the hot air balloons are amazing and the music....perfect! Also the parking garage, so realistic as well as a lot of buildings that are so unique. The cinematography is top notch! The helicopter on the roof of the police station, oh my! Your kitty at 6:34, perfect! Loved how you incorporated all the holidays celebrated, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa...truly a story of inclusion, I applaud this! And then there are the celebrities the Beatles, Obama's, Rockettes, Elf, man the royalties you are paying out LOL. And my favorite is how you included the girls in the video, from the billboards to the live shots of them around town, you are their hero (mine too). Thank you for this beautiful work of art. You have put me in the Christmas mood my friend, for this is by far the BEST village I've EVER viewed! Congratulations. I vow to be back next year, I want to give you some competition, although, I don't think this one can ever be topped! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. Wishing you much health and happiness in 2021! Your friend Pam
I'm blown away that I could impress the QUEEN of Christmas videos! Thank you truly for your kind words. Four Hollydales (and four Jingles Dept Stores) make nice large block-sized dept stores. The hot air balloons were eBay pieces off somebody's old broken cheap Trendmaster Mainstreet Parade animated display. The parking garage and police station are o-scale Menard's model train buildings -- easy peasy 4.5 volt plug-ins. It took me a year to find a Kwanzaa figurine the right size. The first thing the girls noticed at Thanksgiving (first viewing) was their billboards! As you taught me -- follow the song and make the characters and vignettes fit the lyrics. A minor hobby of mine is searching for excellent obscure Christmas songs.
I'm pretty sure that next Christmas season a certain blonde master villager will burst onto TH-cam wielding a flamethrower of a village video. There's nothing that can match a good woman inspired! If the pandemic will lift, I hope to stop in for lunch at the famous PJ's Deli next summer on a trip east. Stay healthy, happy and Merry Christmas. Your admirer, Jim
@@jpetersgolfpro just watched again and forgot to mention the first time, I love the hand with the clicker to start the action, priceless.Also the traffic lights with the don't walk sign, the fresh falling snow, the overhead view of the parade AND the fireworks. I will live vicariously through your village this year
Wow! This is the most enchanting Christmas village I have ever seen. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! Share it with others.
So many messages in your beautiful village. Your music perfectly matched. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Wow, truly amazing! I never ever thought of putting multiples of the same building together. I am a Christmas in the City collector, not really though, now that I've seen this! Thanks so much, we'll done!
It always seemed natural to me, especially the corner buildings like Hollydale and Jingles department stores. That way they take up a whole block. If D56 and Lemax won’t make large buildings then we have improvise. I live in an urban neighborhood and many homes are tight together and look very much alike. Thank you for your nice comments.
So deeply touching. I love that you even included the homeless! Great message to humanity of inclusion. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! And, Merry Christmas to you and your family.
The parade, then fireworks, Chinatown!! I was blown away. Mesmerizing. Wow!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Really wonderful! It gets better every year. So fun to see the grandkids.
Thanks for watching every year and your kind words. Merry Christmas!
I only wish I could shrink down to fit and stroll through the Christmas Village..This was so amazing.And the real life beautiful children were wonderful.What fun they must have had. Pretending to be there. pretending can take you anywhere....I can't even imagine how much money you have invested and time you put into this beautiful creation..I enjoyed this so very much.Thank you so much for sharing your brilliant creations. 🙂🎄
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm going to do more shrinking in this year's video. I shrunk myself in my 2019 video -- it's magic!
This is an amazing display!! After watching your video I now have a plethora of ideas for my next Village.
Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could spark some ideas.
Excellent job! I love watching these village videos but THIS RIGHT HERE. Everything was selected and tied in to one another perfectly. This was truly an amazing feat!
Thank you so much for your kind words. Have a Happy New Year!
Saw this in 2021!!! This is fantastic and exceptionally well done!!! I enjoyed it very much! Bravo!
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
Looks like a wonderful place to live. Amazing design. Thanks for sharing. 🙌🏾🎄😍
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Just fabulous, thank you for sharing. Your attention to detail is what makes it so special.
Thank you for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Watching it now in November 2021! And it spectacular and fantastically well done! 👏👏👏 I enjoyed it very much!
Thanks for watching!
This is so well done! Love that the kiddos enjoyed it as much as the adults! Enjoy! You are all so blessed! ❤
Thanks for watching. They look forward to it every year. Merry Christmas!
OMG - i THOUGHT I had a large set up with 20 houses and accessories but this far outshines mine can't imagine they ever take it down nor should they!!!MARVELOUS
Thank you for watching!
Holy COW! This is a real city. Put on your boots because the snow is sticking. Jim you certainly have a way of taking things to the next level. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Hi Pete, thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the show. Merry Christmas!
Love the way you made the parade rotate,please share your secret. Love the way the lyrics to the songs chosen focus on figures that match the lyric,perfect timing. Your children superimposed in the village is the icing on the cake 🤗
Thank you so much, Marybell. My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. I've gifted it to another villager -- pammyj100. None of my local peeps wanted it. Pammy turned it into a clever Covid horse race in 2021: th-cam.com/video/FoEDQFt4Jxg/w-d-xo.html. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings. If you watch my 2020 movie trailer, you can see laying on its side alongside the pile of unopened boxes.
@@jpetersgolfpro I don’t know if you can watch it on my TH-cam since I’m new at posting on TH-cam but I do the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade and would love to display it like your parade that rotated so I can display more balloons
@@marybelltorres-medina1862 I found your TH-cam channel! I remember seeing your parade pictures on Facebook in one of the groups we belong to. You and Passenger PTC both have good-looking parades, but there's almost no crowd watching. It takes a while, but look for figures that are standing shopping or look like they are observing something. It's okay to get doubles or triples because you can paint their clothes a different color or place them far apart. What good is a parade if hardly anyone comes to see it? A big hint: turn your smartphone sideways and see if there is a way to take pictures in 16x9 aspect ratio. Also, use a small tripod to keep the camera very steady. Or, just use pictures like slide show.
@@jpetersgolfpro if you look on the post on TH-cam with just photos you will see I have the bleechers with some spectators sitting and others standing to the side. I find Lemax offers more affordable figures that are both sitting and standing
Awesome Gave me some great ideas Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed every second of it and will play as a backdrop to my village so others can see it
Thanks so much for watching! Stealing ideas and running with them just spreads the fun. Merry Christmas!
Amazing as usual! I loved the use of the 4 building buildings and the parade was top notch. All the buildings with villages in the windows are fun, and your granddaughters are delightful. The billboards of your granddaughters were perfect too. Your Christmas in the City is phenomenal also. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks for watching! I really enjoyed your video. You're the first to notice my collection of villages-in-the-window buildings! Merry Christmas to your family.
The football stadium is a 12-building structure. The baseball field is a 5-building structure. It took 6 years to accumulate (at a decent price) those buildings.
Just found your video, must say it is magnificent. Loved it, great job.
Thank you for your kind words, and thanks for watching.
Well done, that is quite the collection you have. Beautiful
Thanks for watching!
Amazing job!!! So much joy... the parade, fireworks, those cameos... lol !!! Happy New Year!!
Thanks so much from another "pro" village video maker! Your video was superb, as usual. Happy New Year!!
What a beautiful project. Up there with Road Side America. So much fun to watch
Thank you for watching! We have a local g-scale facility called EnterTrainment Junction that is enormous. I read that Road Side is closing.
Beautiful! Thanks, Jim. Merry Christmas!!
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Absolutely Beautiful.
Merry Christmas🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Wow... This is jammed packed with a lot of viewing fun. Concrats, I am sure it was a ton of work.
Thanks, John. I had more work last year making landscape features of places I know. I'm not all that crafty. Merry Christmas!
Wow! 😳 Absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Impressive, Peter, is wonderful the christmas City. Congratulations on the excellent work. Greetings from Brazil. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family.
Merry Christmas to you & your family! Thank you for watching.
Fantastic. The village is amazing and I love the coordination of the music to the scene. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Part of the music coordination is choosing an obscure song with lyrics you can imagine a vignette that can be staged. I listen all year long in my car to the candidate songs. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Good effort Jim. The size of this set is astonishing. Well done for capturing the spirit of the 'village'. I can see you have spent a lot of time pulling it together but I reckon the family will have fun watching this. Our 5 min video production has now generated almost £2000 for Alzheimer's Research so we are pretty pleased given the tough times we are all experiencing. Merry Christmas Jim and to all your followers - here's to a happier and healthier 2021.
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas to your family & friends!
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas to your family & friends!
Hi Robin,
Can you educate me on how I can set up a donation link like yours for my 2021 Christmas village on TH-cam? I just passed 8,000 views for my 2020 video and the opportunities to contribute to a charity are large.
Thanks,
Jim
Your attention to detail is really amazing! I especially like your parade, it's so festive! Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much!
WOW! Another awesome video, Jim. Love it. It's really neat that you personalize it. They just keep getting better.
Thanks, Bill, your kind words mean a lot to me. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
It will definitely make the 2021 Hall of Fame list!
@@TheVillageCollector Very cool! And thank you.
I have been collecting and writing pieces & snippets about how to "professionalize" making a village video. I did a 1-hour seminar at the last NCC Gathering. There's too much stuff to explain to make a TH-cam video that would be less than 40-minutes -- who would watch all that? I've also thought about making it a website. I have an free empty site on Weebly (my golf teaching business uses the other site). You know, The Big Crab Cake started one that is mostly is a compilation of his videos but still fairly sparse on helpful hints for construction and zero on video techniques. There are scads of videos on elements of building your village, but next to nothing on how to best show it off, much less how to use your video to evoke emotions or tell a story. Whadda ya' think?
One of the Best I ever Seen!!!!!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Wow! Spectacular! Insane in a good way.👌
Thank you for watching! I'll go with "insane."
formidable bravo je n 'ai jamais vu quelque chose d'aussi beau
Merci pour vos aimables paroles et pour regarder ma vidéo.
Well done. You have given me several good ideas. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for watching! Glad to help spring ideas.
Love the Village❤ especially the parade😊
Thanks for watching. My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover.
Again this year - congratulations Jim !!! Official Nominee for the Hall of Fame. Don't forget to vote, and tell your friends to vote every day as well.
Jim, each year when I think that you have reached your creativity level, you take it higher. The parade is amazing and incorporating your granddaughter is awesome. LOVE IT. Outstanding Job. Thank you for sharing.
P.S. I took 2020 off and for 2019, I experienced some computer issues, which I will complete the video footage.
Merry Christmas!
Jeff, thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Great as always. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Thanks Jim - lot's of good stuff to see. I'll be back again!
Awesome layout cute adding you grandkids in.
Thanks for watching!
I can't seem to find your last request about Ballpark Bleachers power adapter, so here I am. I have this piece & used it for bleachers to watch the parade. The adapter is Model #0450300DF, 4.5v DC 300 mA, female. I think #137 would work: department56.com/collections/replacement-parts/products/replacement-adapter-4-5v-dc-300ma-white-female-jack
Beautiful and very inspiring 😊✌🏻 merry Christmas
Thank you for watching, and Merry Christmas!
I loved it. I've watched your other videos over the years....this is the best in my option. Like Julie below, I would love for friend to make and selling the parade mover. Your videos are always an inspiration. Merry Christmas to You and your family
Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!
The parade mover is on loan. He says, "You can't afford it."
Just fabulous!!
Thanks for watching!
I love your village. Inspires me in improving mine.
Thanks for watching! Folks (like me) certainly like to watch your videos. I'm looking forward to this season's village videos.
What can I say. You are the best!!
Wow! Thanks for the kind words. I'm getting ready to start on the next village.
Your village is amazing, your editing is fantastic. Job very well done! Your girls are as precious as ever and those baby cheeks! I REALLY need to pinch some baby cheeks now!
Thank you for watching! Sounds like a grandmotherly need. She's a doll-baby.
Beautiful .I wish I had the skills to edit my village video half as good as yours.
I love seeing what you create each year .and this one is awesome .thank you for sharing your talents .
Thank you for watching, and Merry Christmas!
Hi Robin, video editing skills are the same as village building skills -- patience, attention to detail, some creativity, some undetected plagiarism, continuous learning. You can do an amazing video on your smartphone!
Jim, this has got to be the best Christmas Village video I have ever seen and all so professionally filmed and produced and the most important part of this village is the humour you add and the obvious love you have for your family. There's just one thing missing from my list of perfect village ingredients...........O-scale trains, the movement would add another dimension, I know you have your moving road system, which in itself is awesome and it's even more to set up and take down, but it would add another layer of magic to your already magical creation. It's in no way meant as a criticism, it's probably because my Dad was into trains and now it's in me too. He'd turn in his grave at the scale inaccuracies of the Christmas Village genre though 😅. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creations year after year, you've set the bar high for others to aim for, and how will you follow that next year? I for one can not wait to see.
Thank you so much for your kind words. That roadway is giving me fits with consistent operation. Way back in 2011 when I made my first video, after watching hundreds of village videos, I imposed on myself four "rules" so that my videos would be different and stand out -- no trains (I've had a trolley & cars), no carnival rides (in winter?!?), no ski mountain, and no layering or shelving. It just seems that everybody has one or more of the Four. I know well that motion catches the eye so I look for other ways to include that. The scale "inaccuracies" change the dynamic from a model train -- the train dominates, the buildings and people are secondary -- to the people and their vignettes -- people respond emotionally to other people and their situations. The music is a huge emotional tug, too! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Your villages are amazing!
Thank you so much! Have a safe & happy rest of the holidays.
I enjoyed watching!!
Thank you, Maria.
I love your village!
Thank you for watching!
OMG THIS IS JUST SPECTACULAR. WHERE DID YOU PURCHASE THE REMOTE TO CONTROL ALL LIGHTS? WHATS THE NAME OF IT?
Thanks for watching! Walmart, I think, the biggest wattage remote control I could find. I use lots of C7 LED lights in the houses to save on electricity. I also have remotes for all of the animated pieces to keep the grandkids from running everything at once.
Wowwwwww 🤩 ANOTHER AMAZING VILLAGE. !! How long does it take you to set up ?? Where do you keep it all stored ? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for watching! It takes most of November to build to be ready for the family at Thanksgiving. We have a large basement.
Where do we get some of those Red trees? Love those. Came back for another time and made my husband watch, lol...
Red Trees, please, I need those!
@@gonebananas1076 They are Lemax Autumn Oaks, retired but available sometimes on eBay. They come in 6”, 9” and 12” heights.
And I thought I had a lot of pieces good grief 😅it all looks great though 👍do y'all leave it up all year?
Just subscribed btw
Thanks for watching. There's a big closet behind the sky that houses my wife's seasonal change clothing -- winter to summer. What do you think? It has to be down by April, and I don't get access again until November. Merry Christmas!
@@jpetersgolfpro Merry Christmas to you as well 🎄
so many details, love it. just a question. where did you get the moving parade from ?
Thanks for watching! A villager friend of mine designed, built and loaned it me. No, you can't afford it.
Just fantastical! Can't wait for Christmas. Have to ask but how did you create the conveyor belt or moving carpet? A DIY? Would love to duplicate.
Thanks for watching! My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for quick reply. Consider the gauntlet thrown down on the parade mover! Have some ideas. Will let you know if I find a simple solution.
Amazing!!! I thought my little moving parade looked cool in my village this year, but yours blew me away. Where did you find the parade floats?
Thank you for watching! I can't remember where the little Santa & reindeers float came from, and my two Lemax floats were too wide to fit the parade mover. I presume you mean the balloons. They were eBay pieces off somebody's old broken cheap Trendmaster Mainstreet Parade animated display. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Amazing
Thank you for watching!
I absolutely love the parade mover! Would your friend consider making another and selling it. I have a parade but it doesn.t move.
Your village was so beautiful. I love all the original thoughts that went into.
Thanks for your kind words. I'll pass your request along. Merry Christmas!
My friend says, "You can't afford it."
Whew is right! That was a lot of good info. Thanks for answering. I do have the EZ Street Expressway meant for only one car. Bachman said I need to contact a hobby or train store to get help expanding the track, adding cars and having the right power supply. The stores I’ve contacted have not been especially helpful. What was your power supply? Pammy said she hooked hers up to the HO train transformer
Pat, I've had three cars running on the single Expressway Set loop. Just place the next car you buy onto the track. I used the transformer that came with the Set. Pammy had two loops in her last video, so maybe the second loop used a different transformer that worked. I didn't have that much luck. Here is what is currently on eBay for Bachmann E-Z Streets: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bachmann+ez+streets
Hi Jim, Great video! I really do like the way that you use the duplicate buildings, especially Hollydale's. What type of camera are you using? your zoom shots are sooo smooth compared to mine.
Thanks, Mark of Frendoville! I use an iPhone 11 which can shoot photos in 16:9 aspect ratio (no cropping later). The video is built in Windows Movie Make Live, which has a great pan & zoom feature (called the Ken Burns effect) for photos. I use far more photos than video clips. Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Thanks Jim. I've only been taking pictures of the village (for show), for 2 years now, same thing with the video editing, so I'm still learning. I've seen some really great videos of villages, focused and so vividly clear, especially yours! And stills do seem more effective. Thanks for the info. And Merry Christmas to you and the family also!
@@frendoville6236 I believe most people respond to vignettes (other people) and detail, especially if the music fits. Stills with a little Ken Burns pan or zoom do a better job.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for the follow up. I've been reading your articles in 'The Village Collector,' and find them very informative. Hopefully you'll discus the Ken Burns effect a little more in one of your next editions. Thanks!
@@frendoville6236 I'll get to Ken Burns eventually, but for the foreseeable future I'm stuck in photo composition topics. Next up is video topics, then video editing. We'll get there way before next Christmas' village! P.S. Glad to know someone is reading those columns!
lol im having the same issue with my "1" on my times building. it doesn't want to stay straight or keep falling off. nothing a bit of fun tac cant fix. Forgot to add, It looks amazing. Great job!
Thanks for watching!
The best!
Thank you for watching! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
wow!
Thanks for watching!
Could never get tired of your videos!! They're so perfect👏👏
Thank you. That means a lot to me.
Oh my word! This is great. Really, really great. Do you mind sharing how you accomplished the parade route?
Thanks for watching! My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The annulus roadway runs on tiny wheels atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
@@jpetersgolfpro Thanks for the brief overview. Between my insane drive to figure things out and then create, coupled with my engineer son who builds mechanical devices for fun, I'm hoping we can come up with an option that suits my space. Do you change up your village every year?
@@lannalejeune3954 Yes, completely! That's the fun part for me -- imagining something different, trying different things. My tables (see th-cam.com/video/9puxUlNfexA/w-d-xo.html) are arranged in the same place each year (164 sq ft) but the heights and extra styrofoam vary each year. I'm constantly churning inventory by buying and selling buildings, accessories and little people on eBay. If I run out of ideas, then I'll stop making village displays and enjoy everybody else's. Right now I have about 3 years of ideas percolating. I'll be looking for your video on TH-cam?
@@jpetersgolfpro I've been a village enthusiast for years, and rarely repeat the same layout. I have around 100 square feet of space I work with, and build all my own platforms, sidewalks,, roads,, and whatnot. For the past 5 years or so, I've done an open house for whoever wants to come and walk through. I cook gumbo (Cajun girl, here) and we have a great time. While I DO video it every year, I've just not gotten around to posting it online. Maybe this year. 😏
@@jpetersgolfpro and that's why I wanted an idea of your parade. I've looked for a couple of years for a ready-made but adjustable track/path, but haven't had luck.
Great job. Love the parade. Where do you find the slot cars and track?
Thanks for watching! The cars are Bachmann EZ Streets, like model railroad.
Loved it Jim
You're the man! Thanks for watching!
Another Academy Award winner, Grandpa! Quite serious as touching, to the extent that it can be, with only Bernie to add both real world and politics.
Thanks, Bobby. Bernie really gets around.
Astounding in so many ways! So many questions: how many buildings are there, how long did it take to put together, why wasn’t EZ street running and where did you get the large turntable looking conveyor belt for the parade? Oh my!!! I have been asking Pammyj100 how to put more than one car and expand the track of EZ street. Bachmann tells me I need a command center. Would you, could you please advise? Thanks for any help you can give. Pat
Thank you for watching. I'll try my best to answer your questions.
I count "structures" -- buildings, bridges, lighted boats and roadway systems. There are 175 on 164 square feet of tables.
It takes me most of November to lay it out, hook everything up, and accessorize. The first viewing is for the family at Thanksgiving. I take picture and video clips during construction of finished sections, while I have close access. The video takes about 3-5 days to put together.
E-Z Street motion scenes this year are on the editing room floor. I've done plenty of them in previous villages, and I try to get close to 15-minutes of video total.
A friend of mine designed, built and loaned the parade mover to me. As he says, "You can't afford it."
I'm not a model railroad fan or expert. One of my self-imposed rules is to never have a train in my village -- everybody seems to have one. If you bought the E-Z Street Expressway Set it comes with a transformer specially made for the system. You can add extra vehicles by just placing them on the track. Even though you can dial speed on the transformer, the two cars (or more) will not run at the same speed (due to differences in wheel lubrication and electrical contact efficiency). I bought extra track on eBay -- 5" straight, 10" straight, 16" and 21" diameter curve sections, 2.5" straight-to-curve connectors, 2.5" straight-to-straight, 2.5" curve-to-curve and Y-connectors. You must keep the vehicle wheels and motors lubricated -- they sell a special lube for that (item #99981). You can buy extra track under the Bachmann brand, or Lionel Superstreets or K-Line Superstreets, both brands of which Bachmann purchased and are compatible. Whew!
Just when you think you've seen it all, you see something like this. I've never seen a parade, where on earth did you find it, floats so cool?
Thanks for watching. My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover.
Good morning, I tried to look up the parade it comes up Somerville, and no xmas village parade. Is it possible it could be under a different name? Thanks for taking time. Merry Christmas.
@@jackieizzo2820 It's not commercially available; it's on loan. As Dave says, "You can't afford it."
Excellent
Thanks for watching!
CIAO JIM PETERS SONO ANNA DALL'ITALIA. NON TI SMENTISCI MAI E STUPENDO OGNI ANNO SEMPRE PIU' BELLO ALL'APERTURA DEL VIDEO MI PIACE MOLTO I RE MAGI E LA NATIVITA, AI MESSO QUEL GRANDE PALAZZO DEL 2021. CHE DIRE E'UN INCANTO OGNI ANNO CHE FAI IL VILLAGGIO IO ASPETTO CON ANSIA, O VISTE LE DUE BIMBE CHE SONO UN AMOR,E VORREI SAPERE COME SI FA A INSERIRE LE PERSONE UMANE. AI AGGIUNTO TUTTE LE PARATE CHE E UN SINGOLARE MI DEVI DIRE DOVE LAI PRESE E MI PIACEREBBE PRENDERLE!!! O LI AI FATTI TE!!!!!!! SAI CHE QUI IN ITALIA NON ARRIVANO TUTTE QUESTE BELLEZZE. TI FACCIO TANTI COMPLIMENTI E UN SERENO NATALE E UN FELICE ANNO NUOVO, NON OSTANTE TUTTO LA PANDEMIA SPERO CHE STIATE TUTTI BENE TE E LA TUA FAMIGLIA SAPPI CHE LO CONDIVIDO CIAO ANNA DALL'ITALIA..GRAZIE DI AVERLO CONDIVISO
Grazie, Anna, per le tue gentili parole. Sono contento che ti sia piaciuto guardare. L'inserimento di persone dal vivo in un'immagine (o clip video) viene effettuato mediante un processo di editing video chiamato "screening verde". Puoi google "screening verde" per vedere come viene realizzato. Uso il software acquistato per realizzare i brevi video. Il motore da parata è stato progettato, costruito e prestato a me da un amico del villaggio. Buon Natale a te e alla tua famiglia!
@@jpetersgolfpro GRAZIE JIM PETERS MOLTO GENTILE DELLA TUA RISPOSTA,AUGURI DI UN NATALE PIENO DI PACE
AWESOME
Thank you for watching!
Hello, I was watching your video of your villa, it is spectacular, could you tell me in which online store I can buy the houses and buildings I do not live in the United States and if I could buy online it would be great and again congratulations
Thank you for watching! I buy mostly used building and figures on eBay. I wait for a good price.
Wow
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Mr. Peters I’ve been trying for two years to figure out how to make a parade like this one. It’s spectacular! You shared it with a lady who is in a Village group I’m a member of and she directed me to this video. Would you be willing to share with me how to make one? Pretty please?
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My friend Dave Somerwill designed and built the parade mover. As he said -- you can't afford it. I've gifted it to another villager. The top down view gives you the hints on its construction. It has a tygon tubing belt that runs in a groove to a motor & pulley which has a tension bar w/ pulley. The annular wooden roadway runs on tiny wheels in a groove atop another wooden circle w/ big holes for wiring for the buildings.
Jesus Christ is coming soon. Merry Christmas and God Bless😁😊
CIAO JIM PETERS IO NON MI STANCO DI VEDERELO LA PARATA LAI FATTA TU CHE MOTORINO LI AI MESSO SOTTO LO VORREI FARE QUANTI GIRI SONO FAMMI SAPERE COSI MI PROCURO IL TUTTO LA DORO BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ciao Anna, il motore da parata è stato progettato e costruito da un'amica, unico nel suo genere. Aveva un diametro di 122 cm con una carreggiata larga 41 cm. puoi vedere come funziona nel video clip dall'alto. L'ho regalato a un altro videomaker del villaggio, pammyj100, perché ci stupisse.
You never dissapoint!! Fantastic 👏 👏
Thank you for watching! I hope the holidays find you & your family safe and healthy.