The
Village Fantasies tale saw its beginnings more than forty
years ago
when founder and Artisan, Stephen Baird, was but
a wee lad growing up in the sprawling village of Los Angeles. Captivated by his family's decades old tradition
of displaying a miniature Christmas village for the Christmas season, our
young founder would in time take his passion for his family's tradition to a much grander stage.
By designing,
creating, and sharing with the world his gift for bringing miniature and historically based Harvest and Christmas villages to enchanting and
realistic life, everyone can enjoy these displays.
What distinguishes the Harvest and Christmas Villagescape© that Village Fantasies creates from the more common family display and serves to enhance the typical commercial
Christmas decorations that most businesses end up using, is the focus on capturing and presenting features with breathtaking
and deeply textured landscapes. For years, Stephen's displays have mesmerized viewers by taking
them back 
to a period in time that previously only historical artwork, theater, and movies could replicate. Viewers of
Stephen's displays can envision themselves docking an ocean weary schooner at a rustic New England seaport with the vivid
colors of the fall season all around, or imagine they can feel the chill of a winter breeze brushing through tree
branches near a woodland waterwheel.
