2021 Christmas Village Contest: O' Little Town

[@varoujbaltajian6556]

I’m seeing so many buildings in some of these villages. I had to go back to look at the rules for this category to make sure I wasn’t crazy on the 1-3 buildings guideline 😅

[@MiriamsManner]

Yes, you are right. There is supposed to be a maximum of 3 buildings. The judges will be taking this into account.

[@jimmyrants4342]

I truly appreciate everyone's hard work and effort they put into their villages. All of you contestants should be very proud of yourselves. There are no losers here because I can tell they put their heart and soul into their creations. I loved all of these, and I found Christmas joy in all of them. What a wonderful video, and great editing job you did. God Bless, and Merry Christmas everyone.

[@mdweddingplanner]

I ditto on that GOM.

[@MiriamsManner]

Amen! I am so proud of everyone’s villages and everyone is a winner in my book!

[@varoujbaltajian6556]

You posted this right as I sat down to look for something to watch while I eat dinner. Now I know how I’m spending my next 40 minutes 😅

[@MiriamsManner]

😂🤣😂 Awesome! I know you will enjoy it!

[@twinkeyg.6353]

Hi Miriam. I'm totally blown away by this video. I'm proud of how you've used your platform to allow your village community to display their amazing talent. I am so happy to see just how much fun that adults could have while being creative. Every single village has so much character spilling out. What a wonderful joy it was to see it all in motion. I'm so proud of everyone and especially proud of you Miriam. Thank you so much for sharing with us all again 😘👍💕💕

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so very much!! I completely agree with you. Even as adults, we can tap into our inner child and creativity and make something special to each and every one of us. Thank you for always being such a positive and loving force with your comments. God bless you!

[@lonicompany5172]

👍❤

[@AmyElizabeth78]

This was fun! I should have submitted but will ask all you guys who didn’t submit to post on KZbin! I love watching Christmas village videos! Mine will be up soon! Good luck to the contestants! Looking forward to seeing your whole village Miriam!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much! By the way, I did start a Facebook page for our group to post pics and I completely forgot to mention it in this video. I will be releasing another video soon and will post the Facebook link.

[@AmyElizabeth78]

@@MiriamsManner oh cool! Ok!!

[@lloydg8273]

So much talent and creativity. So much love and passion. Everyone did a wonderful job. I love seeing so many new buidlings, people and layouts. Take pride in what you've created. We're all on different parts of our life's path, but it's so nice to come together and share in our love of villaging. As always, a huge thank you to Miriam for creating this channel and bringing us all together. Can't wait to see the other videos. Oh, and pace yourself, Miriam. :-)

[@MiriamsManner]

😂🤣😂. You always ground me Lloyd! Dewan has been helping me with this project. He has put in about 40 hours so far and I have about 20 hours in because I am trying to complete my village at the same time. I am just about 7-10 days to being done with everything. I’m trying to go hard and then I promise, I will take a break. 🤣

[@lonicompany5172]

👍

[@donnapetruzzelli2805]

Wow, you did an awesome job presenting all the entries,. Thank you for all your hard work. We really enjoyed seeing all the fantastic entries. God Bless & Merry Christmas.

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you Donna. God bless you too and have a wonderful Christmas.

[@susanhawkins7970]

I admire your dedication to your subscribers!! What wonderful people you and your husband are. This is very time consuming and I would say you have to be anointed to do this! Great job with the video and I pray your strength in the Lord to get the rest of it done! I would also like to say to everyone competing in the contest you all did a wonderful job as well!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much! I appreciated your targeted prayer, it is exactly what I need right now.

[@juliejr]

What a hard job the judge's have. Each and everyone is a winner...brilliant absolutely brilliant 👏 ♥ 🇬🇧

[@MiriamsManner]

Dido! 😃

[@mariac3847]

I had no idea this was going on! I would have loved to submit a video of my village this year.

[@MiriamsManner]

Oh no, I made two videos about it. I also tried to mention it on my village videos that I released. I’m so sorry you missed it. We will be doing it again next year.

[@MiriamsManner]

The deadline date was 12/01.

[@monicatholkes2605]

Wow!!! Great job everybody!!! And Miriam! Many thanks to you and your hubby for all the time you are putting into this! I don't mind the wait, I can't imagine how much work it is!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much Monica, I really appreciate you saying that. It has been like a full time job downloading and editing, 😂🤣 so I truly appreciate your patience. We are still going to keep at it and release them as soon as possible.

[@selkcebr]

Oh my☺️ so innovative, I love them all but, there’s one in particular I absolutely loved, I’ll sit and wait to see where my choice placed… but all and all! They’re really beautiful…

[@MiriamsManner]

I agree, everyone did such a great job.

[@MrsAutry734]

3 , 4 , 15 , 23 , 24 , 30 , 31 😍😍 they’re all beautiful but these are my favs in this category. Good luck everyone! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 ⛄️ ❄️

[@MiriamsManner]

It’s fun to see what you all think about each entry. Thanks for sharing! 😀

[@sandywallace218]

So wonderful to see all this hard work and creativity come to life.

[@MiriamsManner]

Amen!

[@ringnc]

What a labor of love on EVERYONE’S part: creators, judges and you, Miriam. I can’t imagine how much time you spent curating, editing and compiling so many submissions into this delightful video. Even the humblest village reflects the love and care each person put into creating their unique representation of Christmas magic. Thank you for creating this community where we can share our challenges, our struggles, our skills and so many great tips! I suffered a major retinal detachment (and surgery) last week so was unable to complete my village this year, but am already planning for 2022 🎄

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Ring, I am so sorry to hear about your eye. I will pray for a speedy recovery for you. I can completely understand what you mean, I have had so many delays due to my own medical emergencies and then my family. I just keep on pressing though. I could not agree with you more. I LOVE to see the creativity and love that everyone put into their village. I think this is so special and I am so proud of everyone. God Bless You!

[@mdweddingplanner]

Ditto to that too Ring

[@sulloreda]

Thanks for the amazing job Miriam as well as the contestants!Good for u! Big hug

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome! 😀

[@RolandForest]

So many amazing entries I have to say my favorites were 22, 23 and 30. All were beautiful nice effort was seen by all

[@MiriamsManner]

Yes, there were so many nice ones. I can’t wait to see who wins.

[@robintraina217]

It was very nice to see so many different villages, I liked the best was # 1, # 3, # 4, # 16, and last # 22. thank you all and have a very Merry Christmas.

[@MiriamsManner]

Yes, there are so many great villages. 😁

[@Itswenzo]

Great villages by all who submitted! Miriam, kudos to you and your husband as well. The work you're probably putting into all this editing is very time consuming. Happy holidays to everyone out there :).

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Mark, thank you so much!! Yes, it is a ton of work. At this point, we have at least 100 hours into between the two of us. There was a large learning curve in set up and organization but we know how to tweak this next year to run more smoothly.

[@marienz9555]

Great work everyone that entered so much creativity I don’t know how the judges will be able to pick.

[@MiriamsManner]

Right! I’m glad I am not judging. 😂🤣

[@loriyarbour7966]

So much talent! I’m going to try and make a simple one this year! Good luck to all of you!!

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Lori, I hope you have a great time making your village. 😃

[@Ina_P]

I enjoyed every single creation. This was soo relaxing watching them. It’s just amazing to see the different creativity. Loved them all. I sat look at them and pictured a story😀😀😀 How nice of you to use your channel to show off other peoples creations. Good luck to all participants and I am looking forward to see the other categories. Miriam that means I looking out for category 2 videos tomorrow😀😀😀😀😀🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much I agree with you. The next video will probably my be done by the 10th. If I can get it done tomorrow, I definitely will. 😀

[@debbiesmith2472]

All of these are just beautiful...I don't even know if I can compete with these amazing villages... But, I will try next year..I can't even get through Christmas this year..my mom passed away..I couldn't even get one tote unpacked this year...but love all of these Christmas villages ❤️❤️

[@MiriamsManner]

Oh Debbie, I am so sorry to hear about your mother. Please know that my prayers are with you. By the way, I saw your village last year and you can absolutely compete. Your villages are amazing!! I look forward to seeing your submission next year. 😃

[@debbiesmith2472]

@@MiriamsManner thank you so much...I will for next year..just having a hard time this year

[@amandadavis3798]

Thank you so much for all your hard work putting this video together Miriam. I loved seeing all the variety in everyone's villages, I picked up some ideas for mine next year😊 and saw a lot of Miriam inspired platforms! Great job everyone they all looked amazing 😍😍

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you Amanda and you are very welcome! I have seen a few thing s that I am definitely doing next year.

[@susanmolnar9379]

They are all great. I enjoyed each and every one

[@MiriamsManner]

I agree! 😃

[@nm9412]

Thank you for showing all the videos from your village community. You have come a long way! I can see how some of these people are inspired by your tutorials because I see styrofoam walls and cobblestone roads lol.

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome! It warms my heart to see things I have tailgating on my channel is peoples villages. It makes me smile.

[@momsmanykards364]

Loved seeing all the villages and all the creativity in all of them! Great job to all that entered!

[@MiriamsManner]

Amen!

[@ryankhan8030]

Such a great display of creative work! Thank you all for sharing and thanks to Miriam, Judges and all who helped to produce the contest!

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome! 😀

[@MaryCumbersnatch]

#5 😍 That one is ah-MAY-zing! It's how I originally envisioned my village, but mine turned out a whole lot different.

[@MaryCumbersnatch]

#31 too 😍 Soooooo cute!

[@MiriamsManner]

Now I’m going to go back and look at those two specifically. I think I remember them both though.

[@MaryCumbersnatch]

@@MiriamsManner They're both adorable. Per the rules, I won't say which town is mine, but I loved seeing it here too.

[@lilliecanterberry4348]

This was so neat!! Loved watching everyone’s creativity shine!! 😊 this is so much fun!!

[@MiriamsManner]

Dido!

[@janitaboatner9353]

Wow! All of these villages are amazing! There was a lot of hard work that went into these! I still haven't gotten mine together yet. I've been busy taking my husband to doctors.

[@MiriamsManner]

Hey Janita, I still haven’t finished mine either. I am so far behind but it will get done. I hope your hubby is okay, I will pray for him.

[@janitaboatner9353]

@@MiriamsManner Thank you Miriam! He had to go to the ER by ambulance earlier. He wasn't doing good at all. I am at home due to being night blind. I appreciate the prayers!

[@nikitavalicia4939]

Hi Miriam! This was so exciting to watch! Everyone did such a wonderful job! ✨💕

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Nikita, I agree. Everyone did such an amazing job.

[@614barbara]

Great job everyone! It will be hard to pick a winner for sure! Thanks Miram and judges for taking on this monumental task!

[@MiriamsManner]

Yes, great job everyone and you are very welcome!

[@lonicompany5172]

So beautiful,very nice maybe samme this my village

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you!

[@robinwright5607]

That was enjoyable watching the creativity and different ideas from Everyone. And a very special thank you to Miriam and her husband for all their efforts in making this a reality. Great job to both of you!?

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much. I will definitely tell Dewan you said so. He has put in the majority of the work on this while I have been working to complete my village. He has been a HUGE help and I am so grateful for him.

[@pandoafable3124]

Hi Miriam, these villages are great. I was suppose to join the contest but I finished my village late. Anyway its my first time to make one and it's a simple one. I uploaded it here on KZbin and I hope you'll find time to view it and give me some tips on making a great Christmas village 😊. Thanks and Merry Christmas ⛄🎄🎅🌲

[@MiriamsManner]

Well, I hope you are able to enter next year. I don’t see the link to your video. Can you resend it? Thanks.

[@pandoafable3124]

@@MiriamsManner thank you, I hope I can join next year, here's the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5O2mYiPo7WVnpY

[@AishaLi]

Wuauuuuu, beautiful

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you!

[@photo_paper784]

#31 and the #21 nativity scene. The nativity is the OG Christmas village town.

[@MiriamsManner]

I love the nativity scene too and it was all handmade. Everyone has truly done a fantastic job.

[@veronicag81]

i wish i had entered my village but didnt have time maybe next year 🙌🏼

[@MiriamsManner]

Yes, there is always next year! 😃

[@LuciaD2008]

Hi, Miriam. First, let me say I really appreciate your videos! ❤️ I'm a Christmas Village lover myself and I've been watching many of your videos for ideas and solutions to problems. So, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful work!! ❤️ Now, can we still enter the contest? Where can I find the rules?

[@mdweddingplanner]

Hello, I know Miriam is sleep now (time zone), but contest deadline ended and the judging is going on now. Happy your interested.

[@LuciaD2008]

@@mdweddingplanner thank you! There's always next year! 😉

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Lucia, Thank you so much for your compliment, I really appreciate that. Yes, next year we will be doing it again and I’m thinking of making the announcement for Christmas in July so it gives everyone 5 full months.

[@LuciaD2008]

@@MiriamsManner Oh, that will be great!

[@gpav6630]

My village looks so pathetic next to these. Oh well, it was fun making all my pieces since I don’t really have much. Great job everyone. best of luck.

[@MiriamsManner]

What you can do each year is enough. Plan ahead this year for something fun to add next year. Whatever village you display is great! It is a fun hobby and adds so much joy to Christmas.

[@varoujbaltajian6556]

Don’t get down on yourself. Every village is beautiful in its own way

[@debbiecrispin]

Oh please don’t say that yet 🙈😭 U haven’t seen mines dear 😳🤣🤣 !!! !!! I must say tho , it was so therapeutic for me .. it was exactly what I needed to take the focus of my pain on my shoulder ☹️ . for me it was so much fun to built 😍 this is my first year as a newbie village Xmas builder . Hubby of course had to help 👤 truth .. I’m surprised he finished it as well 🤣 … best of luck to all who entered 😊🙏 happy holidays 💋

[@MiriamsManner]

Amen!

[@MiriamsManner]

I agree Debbie, it is very therapeutic and it is just a joy to do, especially with loved ones.

[@marinarivera8861]

Wow….good job by everyone and good luck.

[@MiriamsManner]

Dido! 😀

[@patriciasykes9260]

The judges have a job cut out for them kind of hard for me.

[@MiriamsManner]

I know right! You should see the next category I’m trying to release today. It’s even harder. I’m so thankful I’m not judging. 😃