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CASTLE AND LIGHTHOUSE — The ice castle and lighthouse are new to the village display this year. ORIGINAL SNOW VILLAGE — From left, Fulton County Public Library Youth Services Manager Jennie Calvert, Youth Services Assistant Morgan Davis and Literacy Director David Hazledine pose with the “Original Snow Village” at the FCPL Rochester branch. More pieces were added this year to the village that Tom and Sue Bair donated several years ago.
GOLF COURSE — A golf course is a new element of the village this year.
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A tiny winter wonderland at the Fulton County Public Library’s Rochester branch has grown a bit larger for 2024. More elements have been added to the “Original Snow Village” at the library, which is on display until January. “It’s somewhere over 10 feet that we had to add this year from last year,” noted FCPL Youth Services Assistant Morgan Davis. Former area residents Tom and Sue Bair donated the village to the library several years ago. However, more pieces of the village were discovered last year ahead of the library’s annual Christmas Open House when the
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CHECKING OUT THE VILLAGE — Sydney Lewis, left, and Zayn Livengood check out parts of the village. display is officially unveiled each year. “The story goes that (FCPL Director) Andrea (Roe) got off the phone, and said, ‘Yes, we’ll take it. We’ll come get it,’ then got off the phone and looked at others and said, ‘But we’re not telling the girls down in (the) children’s (department) that we have it until after the open house,’” said Davis. “Last year, we thought we had actually gotten it all out. That was our big, we are unveiling it in its entirety, but like I said, we
have some new pieces this year, so that’s extra fun,” she said. Parts added to the village include an ice castle and golf course. “It takes a village to put up a village,” said Davis. “Our maintenance man helps with some of the more technical things. He built our lake this year.” Davis noted workers were a little more crunched for time to install the village as Thanksgiving was later this year and they wait to put it up until afterward.
The display was officially unveiled again at the library’s open house on Dec. 9. “It’s awesome that we met our goal,” Davis said. “We weren’t sure that we would find a place for all of it. Obviously we kind of encroached on the kitchen this year.” Davis said putting up the village is “a labor of love.” “It brings the inner child out in everybody, so it’s wonderful for the community,” she said. “We’re glad that we get to do it.”
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