History

Our family started decorating our house with window and yard displays in 1993. This display was very basic and outdoor lights were not readily available in Tasmania. Last year in 1998, we had the garden , house and 6 windows in our house each decorated in a different theme.

Many of the themes centre around the hand made porcelain doll and old toy collection. The dolls and bears made and dressed through the year are done so with a particular Christmas theme in mind.

Over the last couple of years, most houses in our small street have begun decorating also and this adds to the festive spirit.

As the beginning of December approaches every year, we see a steady stream of cars come down our usually very quiet street to see if our display is ready for viewing.

Each window display takes approximately two weekends to set up with the outside requiring approximately the same amount of time. The house begins to undergone transformation from early October and past experience has taught us that the order in which such a mammoth task is undertaken is quite important.

The joy it brings to young and old is well worth the many long hours of hard work in setting up and supervising each night for the month of December.

This window was the first one that we did. It had the total doll collection up to that point in it. We have come a long way since then.

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[Christmas 2002]

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