Terry Campbell holds a magnifying glass up to his right eye. A light shines from it as he reads information from a sheet of paper.

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HeB次元官网网址檚 counting all the items that make up the display of Christmas miniatures which takes up the entire dining room in his Chilliwack home.

The attention to detail is incredibly impressive, especially considering his eyesight.

B次元官网网址淗e has been legally blind since 2018,B次元官网网址� his wife Kay said.

The Christmas miniatures display started back in 2007 when Terry still had decent vision. They were out shopping around Christmastime and Kay saw a small display of some miniature buildings set up in a store in Maple Ridge.

B次元官网网址淪he said B次元官网网址業 really like those.B次元官网网址� And I thought B次元官网网址楾hatB次元官网网址檚 good because youB次元官网网址檙e getting them for Christmas now,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� he recalled. B次元官网网址淚 didnB次元官网网址檛 have her Christmas present yet.B次元官网网址�

He bought her three buildings B次元官网网址� a pet shop, a chapel and an art gallery B次元官网网址� plus 21 trees.

That small display grew slowly over the next 15 years to what it is today: a winter wonderland of tiny, snowy scenes that one could almost step right into.

A ski lift moves chairs and gondolas up and down a mountain while, at the bottom, a parade marches through the village. The train rolls around SantaB次元官网网址檚 lit-up amusement park and then through a tunnel. Across the village, people are ice skating and playing hockey, while others stay warm beside tiny campfires. There are rows and rows of houses and shops, plus a fire station, an outdoor stage, the B次元官网网址楰OLDB次元官网网址� radio station and so much more.

Many things light up, play music or make sounds.

It is magical.

B次元官网网址淚 tried to keep it somewhat realistic in terms of how would a town be laid out,B次元官网网址� Terry said.

All of the roads and walkways connect. It is built with stairs and ramps so the figurines, if they were real, could access every area of the village.

Terry needs to be within inches of what heB次元官网网址檚 working on to see things clearly.

Years ago, his right eye was his bad eye. In 2018, he got an infection in his left eye and his retina was removed. Now he canB次元官网网址檛 see anything out of his left eye.

B次元官网网址淭he other eye was his bad eye, now itB次元官网网址檚 the good eye,B次元官网网址� Kay said.

For the past four years, Terry has been legally blind.

People are considered legally blind if their best eye has 20/200 vision or less with the help of glasses or contact lenses. Someone with 20/200 vision means they cannot be more than 20 feet away to see what a person with normal vision can see from 200 feet away.

Terry still works part time at Home Depot in the outdoor lot. He can see larger objects well enough to identify them, but he canB次元官网网址檛 see details or describe what people are wearing or what they look like.

B次元官网网址淚 can find the people and I can avoid the cars, so thatB次元官网网址檚 really what I need to do there.B次元官网网址�

Despite his poor vision, it doesnB次元官网网址檛 stop Terry from continuing to add to the Christmas display every year.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a challenge. Anytime I have something that challenges me because of my eyesight, I decide B次元官网网址榃ell, letB次元官网网址檚 take a shot at it, see how bad I screw it up.B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址�

On the day The Chilliwack Progress visited the Campbells, there was one tree knocked over in the village, and that was it.

B次元官网网址淗e does all the setup himself and heB次元官网网址檚 a perfectionist, too,B次元官网网址� Kay said.

The display has actually been up for much longer than expected because of a few issues: a foam mountain they made for the ski hill took longer than expected to build, there was a flood in their basement where they store all the miniatures, and COVID.

B次元官网网址淚 havenB次元官网网址檛 had my dining room for, well, itB次元官网网址檒l be three years after Christmas this year,B次元官网网址� Kay said.

ItB次元官网网址檚 not just the Campbells whoB次元官网网址檝e enjoyed it over the past several Christmases. Every year they open their door to neighbours, family, friends and sometimes visitors in their housing complex to come and take a peek.

B次元官网网址淚 do it as much for the seniors as I do for the kids,B次元官网网址� Terry said.

And he does it because he loves it so much and itB次元官网网址檚 fun, he added.

B次元官网网址淭hatB次元官网网址檚 why I still do woodworking, too, and I still have all 10 fingers.B次元官网网址�

The Christmas miniatures display will be taken down after the holidays this year and will go back up again next year. It takes about two to three months to set it up.

Kay is looking forward to that day.

B次元官网网址淪he would like to have her dining room back. SheB次元官网网址檚 been very patient, I understand that,B次元官网网址� Terry said with a smile.

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