Think your Christmas decorations are festive? Deborah Marling’s collection is downright impressive.With more than 400 structures and 1,000 figures, her holiday village has grown to what some would say is a small country.“My Christmas village stays up all year and I’ve been collecting since I was 14,” Marling said.She had a special area built in her north Forsyth home for the village, which includes a mountain, harbor and, of course, the North Pole.Moving pieces — including cable cars, skiers and children throwing snowballs — are among her grandchildren’s favorites. The village also features a casino, bakeries, drug stores, post office, fire department, police station and a moving train.“At this point, if I want to buy something new, I’d have to condemn a house,” she said.
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