How did they so quickly establish supremacy over our Christmas decorations? In order to get to grips with this, a bit of disambiguation is required. “Gnome” is an umbrella term for a tiny ...

By Andrew Solomon First, advent calendars; then gnomes; then the tree; and then Christmas itself. Only as an adult did I discover that one element in this sequence separated us from other New York ...

OXFORD — It’s Christmastime in Oxford, and tiny gnomish tableaus have appeared ... and Deb Hankins have placed 20 to 25 Christmas scenes, or Gnome Homes, featuring fake snow and miniature ...

so what better way to celebrate than to bring some playful Christmas cheer to London with our gnome-sized market." Despite their small size, there's plenty for visitors to explore at the tiny ...

They are worried about preparing the store for Christmas, with many roads in the area closed. But Bill, being calm and collected, taps the nose of a gnome, sending a signal to hundreds of other ...