The Bradford Exchange Thomas Kinkade Illuminated Musical Victorian Christmas Village Snowglobe with Swirling Snow and Sculpted Scenes

I'm not usually one to spend so much money on just ONE christmas decoration, but I loved snow globes as a child, and I wanted to have one really nice snow globe for my son to look at during Christmas. This was a total impulse buy, but I LOVED it. Beautiful, intricate, and I love the feature that keeps the snow falling. We thoroughly enjoyed it our first Christmas. Unfortunately, by the time my second Christmas rolled around, the snow and lights feature were no longer working, even with new batteries. Knowing that my warranty had surely run out, I still contacted the company to see if there was anything they could do. They sent a replacement immediately, and I got it well before Christmas!!! You just don't see customer service like that anymore. They are definitely backing up their product!

It plays multiple songs and it just delightful.

Visually, it’s a beautiful piece, with a large, substantial, glass globe and white snow. It came very well packaged in a styrofoam shipping box. I installed three fresh, new, AAA batteries, tested the music for a few seconds to make sure that worked, then turned off the music to preserve the batteries. I then turned on the snow-fan to test how long the batteries would last on the snow function alone. (The building lights were lighted during the snowfall feature.) Within twelve hours, the building lights were out, and there were only a few flakes of snow being weakly blown. Before 18 hours had passed, there were no snowflakes whatsoever, the lights were out, and a test of the music revealed that there was no music, either. But with a DC cord, it works fine. And their customer service is outstanding. As long as you use the DC cord, you’ll be very pleased.

It's beautiful

I expected at this price, and considering it's Thomas Kinkade, this would be a nice addition to our collection. The description says it takes 2 aa batteries. Mine takes 3 aaa bateries and they only last a coulple of hours. Considering the price they should have inclued a wall plug for it. So I buy the plug and the buildings are still dim and after awhile all the snow gets stuck on the hill and stops circulating. It's like this was never tested. Definitely flawed and very disapointing! I gave it three stars beacuse it is nice looking ,would of given it 5 if it worked properly.

My mom loved it. Neat globe. It was smaller than expected.

It works, but looks cheap… definitely not worth paying almost $120… The base is not wood like it looks in the product photo. It is a very cheap plastic.. so the photo is very deceiving…. Look at product reviews photos… that’s the base… The village houses are not aligned with the sign and thus look off and poorly made. It lights up but the lights that come through the houses windows are super dim.

I just got one for my wife for Christmas and was so excited as she recently lost her snow globe collection to an accident. That excitement quickly faded upon opening. The quality was terrible, and careless. I found chips in the wood base and plastic button plate. The painting work is shameful, but passable. I could have put up with those small defects but the major issue is not a single one of the electronic components work. No lights, no sound, and no pump. I tried 9 different brand new out of the box batteries to no avail. I asked for them to send a new one and they are out of stock and can't do so until well after Christmas has passed. I am very displeased and would advise anyone looking to buy this product in the future to find a company that cares more about quality and at least tests the product functions before shipping it.