{"id":9800,"date":"2025-12-26T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=9800"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:38:17","slug":"something-pleasant-christmas-decorations-from-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/something-pleasant-christmas-decorations-from-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Pleasant: Christmas Decorations From Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WezYNlBrlsM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I ran across &#8220;So Minnesota: Department 56 is a Christmas tradition&#8221; on YouTube yesterday afternoon. I&#8217;ve seen these ceramic &#8216;Christmas village&#8217; buildings and their many look-alikes, but hadn&#8217;t known their origin story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Department 56, a Christmas tradition found in homes around the world, started right here in Minnesota. Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/kstp-news\/top-news\/so-minnesota-department-56-is-a-christmas-tradition\/\">kstp.com\/kstp-news\/top-news\/so-minnesota-department-56-is-a-christmas-tradition<\/a>&#8220;<br>(&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WezYNlBrlsM?si=dE38Jvq9kRxKKDdJ\">So Minnesota: Department 56 is a Christmas tradition<\/a>&#8221; , KSTP 5 Eyewitness News on YouTube (December 24, 2025))<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The video runs just under five minutes. 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