Walton Green Church is a postcard picture perfect church for New England. Welcoming light is brightly emitted from the hand cut windows and metal rose window above the main door. A brass bell hangs from the steeple, ready to ring the call for service. About Department 56: Over thirty years ago, Department 56 began as part of Bachman's, a premiere retail florist in Minneapolis. Bachman's used a numbering system to identify each of its departments. The number assigned to wholesale gift imports division was, you guessed it, 56. Now headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Department 56 has become a leader in the giftware, collectibles and holiday decorating industry and is best known for our hand-crafted lighted villages, Snow babies figurines and extensive lines of holiday and home decorative products.