One of the highlights of Christmas decorating in our house is the setup of the girls' Christmas village, hand-painted by their Oma and gifted to them over many Christmases when they were younger. It is a pretty immense setup and Audrey has added a larger display area, some fluffy snow, lampposts and trees.
In addition to setting it up in an aestehtically pleasing way, Fenya and Glory add an intriguing narrative to the arrangement of buildings, with an upper-class and lower-class side, interpersonal intrigue and undertones of corruption and comeuppance.
One year for fun I dropped in an immense, evil-looking action figure and some zombies, much to the delight of Glory's friend Ally, but this year I started sneaking in one miniature per day from my collection, starting on December 1. No one noticed until the ninth, and since I was not explicitly told to stop, I continued all the way through Christmas. Thankfully my family shares my sense of whimsy and are all great sports.
I shared my progress over six instagram posts during the holidays, but wanted to document them here as well. Please enjoy Advent Incursion 2025!
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| Old West fiddle player |
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| Old West pugilist |
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| Old West uh...saloon worker |
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| Old West chuckwagon cook |
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| The Mirror of Galadriel (LOTR) |
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| Celeborn of Lorien (LOTR) |
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| Queen Galadriel (LOTR) |
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| Stormtrooper |
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| A yeti tyke (D&D) |
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| Chwinga nature spirit (D&D) |
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| Yeti parent |
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| Reghed Glacier nomad (D&D) |
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| Stor- you know what this is |
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| Snowy owlbear (D&D) |
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| Wolf (D&D but not exclusively) |
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| yes, another one (they look cool in snow) |
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| The White Moose of Lonelywood (D&D) |
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| Duergar King, Xardorok Sunblight (D&D) |
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| Saoirse The Beloved, Warlock (D&D) |
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| Invisible Frodo (LOTR) |
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| Saoirse's familiar, Nivius (D&D) |
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| Algetha Dawnseeker Ogolakanu, Barbarian (D&D) |
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| Goliath werebear Oyaminartok (D&D) |
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| White Dragon (Arena: the Contest) |
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