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| Harrods Christmas window |
LONDON Nov. 19 (People's Daily Online) ?—— Inspired by the store’s "Once Upon a Christmas" theme, the Harrods Christmas windows on the Brompton Road will set the scene for a world of moving? ?puppets and performers. Each window? ?will feature a stage complete with performers, lights, scenery and red velvet curtains. Meanwhile,? ?"hidden" beneath the floorboards is a magical world of Christmas mice, with Peter Pumpernickel? ?returning to lead the entertainment as they play and prepare for their Christmas celebrations.
?Alexander Wells-Greco, head of visual merchandising at Harrods, said: ?"This year, our customers are invited to become the audience and enjoy the festive season’s? ?ultimate show. We want to continue to engage with families – children in particular. To achieve? ?this, we raised the windows by 60cm to create the underfloor theatre scenes of Christmas mice? ?preparing for the festivities, installed directly at a child’s eye level."
?An oversized gingerbread house created by Rosalind Miller takes over one of Harrods’? ?windows, delivering a Hansel and Gretel twist. The house stands nearly two metres? ?tall and three metres wide. Constructed of more than 42 gingerbread tiles (weighing a total of 40 kg) and with around 200 sugar roof tiles, it took 33 hours to bake and? ?involved 20 hours of hand-piping.
To coincide with the launch of the Harrods windows, the Festival of Christmas? ?begins on Friday 6th November with the arrival of Father Christmas and the opening? ?of The Harrods Christmas Grotto. Meanwhile, in Hans Crescent, festive characterswill be dropping by over the weekend and there will be a variety of entertainment? ?on offer for children. Families can meet Father Christmas’ reindeer, visit Snowball? ?Alley, and have fun with the Wheel of Fortune and a festive photo booth.? ?In-store, each department will be running a number of activities, including face painting? ?with Disney in Childrenswear on the Fourth Floor; sock monogramming at Pantherella in? ?Menswear on the Lower Ground Floor; and calligraphic personalisation and monogramming across Crème de la Mer products in the Beauty Halls on the Ground Floor.?
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