You'll be able to tell that Adam's school is one of the ones that are still going this week, as all the posts will be up late. Sorry!
After yesterday's heartwarming trees, here are some more stories about Christmas windows. Of course you know all about the Fenwick window in Newcastle, a long tradition of entertaining Geordies, and this year they unveiled a series of Narnia windows:
The other great thing about the window is that Greggs, who are on the other side of Northumberland Street, reverse their name above the shop, so it looks the right way round when you are looking in the Fenwick window.
In Toronto, where we have holidaying plans, they also have a long tradition of Christmas windows. Simpsons and Eatons, two of the largest stores, have had windows dating back to the 1920s. Below, Simpsons 1920, and Eatons 1958.
You can read more at: https://spacing.ca/toronto/2023/12/13/the-tradition-of-christmas-window-displays/
Finally, one village has had the enterprising idea of doing a house-by-house Advent Calendar, where each day a new window is lit up. Calstock in Cornwall has got both amateur and professional artists to design the displays.
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