Department 56 Dickens' a Christmas Carol Village Ebenezer Scrooge's House Lit Building, 8.25 Inch, Multicolor

I noticed a few reviews regarding the lighting in this piece. I LOVE IT! So true to the movie.Ebenezer Scrooger was a cold and heartless man. He was visited by his deceased partner Jacob Marley, then the Ghost of Christmas pass, present and future. The blue light represents the cold scary visits from all visiting ghosts regarding his life and future. Excellent piece, so well done by the artists. Absolutely perfect!

I really like all the Department 56 Dicken's collection. I just purchased the Scrooge House a few days ago. I read the reviews about the LED light prior to purchasing, but ordered anyway. I didn't care for the look of the light either when I received the house, so I modified it.*** How to Modify ***There is a round plastic housing that holds the light and the ghosts that rotate around Scrooge. There are no screws at the bottom of the housing . You need to carefully run a flat head screw driver around the plastic housing. This will dislodge some glue that would not allow me to get my screw drive in to pry the housing out. You need to slowly take the flathead screw driver until the housing starts to separate from the glue holding it in place. At this point you can carefully slide out the whole mechanism, which also includes the post holding the light. I just popped a cap from an old Christmas light set over the LED to give it a green glow. It is also more muted, than the exposed LED. I really like the look. You can probably get an amber cover as well, if you want it to match your other houses.*** Conclusion ***If you collect the other Dicken's houses, your set would be incomplete without this house.

Love this piece. Beautiful detail, The animation is pretty cool. I don't mind the blue light at all, makes it kinda spooky. I have purchased three of the four houses in the Christmas carol collection, and so far I am not disappointed. I am still waiting for the shipment with a few other accessories , and the last house. I'm sure it will look great in my Christmas display.One minor caveat though, I wish there was a way to turn off the animation. I turn my village on with the tree lights at night and I'm afraid the the mechanism will burn out. If it is turning all the time. As it is there is no physical on off switch like on the other peices so I can't turn off the house at all without pulling the plug.

I’m collecting the department 56 Dickens I love their quality and I’m glad that I was able to collect what I have

After a few weeks the motor was so noisy we shut it off. I took theMotor assembly out and tried to oil it, would only last a few days. This year I used a little gun out of the shaft and it's been very quiet for weeks now.

Update: I'm happy to report that gently prying the bottom off was easy as they must have used like a tacky glue. I was then able to glue the figure back into place. It's now as good as new and I will reinforce the bottom with more tacky glue. I adore these peices, now it gets 5 starsWe were going to return it but decided to keep it.

Absolutely a great buy. I can't believe i wasn't new. It must be old new stock, but tucked away somewhere safe so it looked brand new.

One of the most beautiful houses I’ve ever seen. I had no idea that the house was animated when I ordered, missed that in the description. But since so much attention is now directed to the moving characters, it would have been nicer had the background been detailed out. I am very happy with this purchase. It is a beautiful house and so detailed otherwise.