There is a special Christmas village in Abbotsford, known as Sparkyville.
It’s hard to know how many shops, homes, and residents there are.
It stretches from one side of Johanna deJong’s living room to the other in her Matsqui Prairie home. Each corner and street is created over the course of two weeks, as the 94-year-old widow takes sets each piece out for display.
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