![]() For a walk past the best displays, see The Best Things to Do In Paris During Christmas. Pro Tip: Galeries Lafayette is one of many incredible Christmas window displays in Paris. You can view the tree and windows online. The story, the tree, and the window decorations take participants on a cosmic journey, echoing Galeries Lafayette’s whimsical world. This year the tree and windows have been themed on an original fairy story by Claire Castillon: Planet of Fir Tree. For example, one year, the window’s theme was A Christmas From Another Planet with robots, Jedi, R2-D2, and stormtroopers, so the store decorated the Christmas tree with stars and meteorites. The tree is trimmed in accordance with the theme set by the window display. Each year, the store hangs a Christmas tree they claim as the largest in the world from the dazzling dome. Opened in 1912, the architecture was inspired by Opéra (the Parisian opera house), and the interior features striking Art Nouveau balconies and a jaw-dropping stained-glass dome. Galeries Lafayette on Haussmann Boulevard is one of the world’s most beautiful department stores. 15 windows offer surreal and spectacular interpretations of festive “foodie” moments including “toasty roasties” (gigantic potatoes wearing Christmas hats) and “Brussels sprouts a la car(te)” (a car loaded with presents, and bearing a bizarre Christmas tree formed from Brussels sprouts).Ĭhristmas windows in Paris’s 9th arrondissementPhoto credit: Daniel Thierry / Paris Tourist Office 3. This year’s theme is Season’s Feastings: a celebration of the power of food to bring people together. Selfridges window displays are sometimes controversial but always artistic and often feature the work of hip new artists. But the windows were, and remain, the real crowd-pleaser. He included the tradition of window dressing and decorating every inch of his store for the festive season. In 1909, Selfridge brought his department store concept from Chicago to London along with a more exuberant American way of celebrating Christmas. Many of us know of Selfridges from the British television series about the founder Harry Gordon Selfridge. Season’s Feastings, Toasty Roasties Selfridges Christmas Window 2022Photo credit: Andrew Meredith 2. Yes, travel is back, and New York is back, teeming with tourists from all over the country and the world. This year Macy’s holiday theme is “Give Love,” with Tiptoe the Reindeer acting as the main character she goes on a journey to visit each of her friends and celebrate the holidays together. She starts to feel confident, believing she can board that plane - a timely message. In the accompanying commercial, Tiptoe’s story ends with a little girl at the airport reluctant to fly to grandma’s and her father alleviating her fears by telling her Tiptoe’s story. The balloons burst and Tiptoe discovered she could fly on her own. But her friends helped her out with a balloon flying machine. Last year Macy’s introduced Tiptoe, a gorgeous little blue reindeer who was too scared to fly - a lot like many of us back then. And many of Macy’s windows have featured this classic film. Perhaps because scenes from the Miracle on 34th Street, released in 1947 and a perennial family favorite at Christmastime, were filmed inside the store. But when it comes to Christmas, people still recall Macy’s. Holiday window displays then became a fixture in New York City, such as those at Lord & Taylor, Tiffany & Co., Bloomingdales, Bergdorf Goodman, and Saks Fifth Avenue. ![]() In 1883, the store introduced a panoply window (a circular track) showing Santa pulled by a reindeer. The store’s first Christmas window was scenes from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, using porcelain dolls. Macy’s flagship store on 34 th Street has decorated its windows every Christmas since 1874. New York City Macy’s in ManhattanPhoto credit: Macy’s 1.
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