On Sunday evening, December 20, Dick and Ruth Graf welcomed dozens of ward members, neighbors and friends to their home for their annual Christmas open house and to see the festive display of hundreds of
Dickens-esque miniature houses, shops, and churches, complete with lights, moving parts, trees and itty-bitty villagers. Dick reports he and Ruth begin bringing boxes up from their basement storage room in late August and begin setting up the display in September, finishing just before Thanksgiving. Their collection includes nearly every piece manufactured by Department 56, including the
Dickens Village, Snow Village, Christmas in the City, New England Village, and others which they alternate from year-to-year. In addition to the village pieces, which take hundreds of hours to assemble, Ruth - and many of her friends - spend dozens more hours in the kitchen preparing a delicious spread of cookies, candies, meatballs, miniature sausages, punch bowl and
much, much more - everything more delicious than the last! Both admit, their open house is the highlight of their holiday season, but it takes weeks for them to recuperate! Any party planner who believes a holiday open house is a laid-back party with a minimum of fuss, has never been to Ruth and Dick’s place at Christmas time.
On Sunday evening, December 20, Dick and Ruth Graf welcomed dozens of ward members, neighbors and friends to their home for their annual Christmas open house and to see the festive display of hundreds of 
Dickens-esque miniature houses, shops, and churches, complete with lights, moving parts, trees and itty-bitty villagers. Dick reports he and Ruth begin bringing boxes up from their basement storage room in late August and begin setting up the display in September, finishing just before Thanksgiving. Their collection includes nearly every piece manufactured by Department 56, including the 
Dickens Village, Snow Village, Christmas in the City, New England Village, and others which they alternate from year-to-year. In addition to the village pieces, which take hundreds of hours to assemble, Ruth - and many of her friends - spend dozens more hours in the kitchen preparing a delicious spread of cookies, candies, meatballs, miniature sausages, punch bowl and 
much, much more - everything more delicious than the last! Both admit, their open house is the highlight of their holiday season, but it takes weeks for them to recuperate! Any party planner who believes a holiday open house is a laid-back party with a minimum of fuss, has never been to Ruth and Dick’s place at Christmas time.
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