Burnett Christmas Snow Village On Display in Cartersville

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Cartersville, GA -- The Clarence Brown Conference Center in Cartersville received an early Christmas present this year.

The Center is serving as the temporary home of the Department 56® Original Snow Village® Christmas Collection.

The masterpiece was 30 years in the making, painstakingly added to each year by the late Zel Burnett, a longtime Cartersville resident.

The village consists of hundreds of vintage houses, shoppes, vehicles, trains and the miniature residents of the village who enjoy the perpetual holiday cheer of their town. The village was reconstructed this fall for the first time since Burnett’s passing in 2014 by her daughter Tracy Earwood and friends.

The assembly started in November and was completed earlier this month.

The Burnett Christmas Snow Village® will be on display in the lobby of the Clarence Brown Conference Center until after Jan. 1, 2016. Anyone interested in dropping by to enjoy the village is encouraged to do so Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Clarence Brown Conference Center & Georgia Regional Visitor Information Center is located at 5450 Georgia Highway 20 in Cartersville.

For more information, call 770-606-5763.

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Photo: Local residents delight in seeing Christmas village on display through the holidays at Clarence Brown Conference Center. Credit: Clarence Brown Conference Center