The Magical City of Scott

Many years ago, we bought a few lighted houses

a line called "Snow Village" by Department 56.

Husband Jim had always wanted a lighted village.

And like Topsy, it grew and grew

Until it filled all these bins!

In December, last year and this,

we've given up our breakfast room

For it becomes Scott City

(as we call our lighted village)

And like any town, it has a residential area

with churches

And a downtown and Courthouse square

And a small area with a train station

And a school

Like our beloved Fort Scott, the houses in the neighborhoods for the most part

are not "cookie cutter" but rather individual houses.

And the downtown buildings of two or three stories which house various businesses.

We also have a Tourist Information Center

(for many many years I was Vice President of the Chamber in charge of Tourism

and Daughter Sarah worked there the summer after high school graduation)

And any place that has tourism, has to have a "Big Ball of Twine"!

And putting up the village involves not only giving up our breakfast room

But also many man hours of work to get it "just so"!

We do it for one reason and one reason only

The look on Grand girl Lucy's face as she takes in the wee magical village.

She was mesmerized!

I'm sharing the Magical City of Scott with Bernideen for her BTTCG Blog Party