Christmas lights up London

November 20, 2008

Christmas lights up London

I went for a stroll around central London and Marylebone last night, and found that it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. My vote for the most charming Christmas window? The vintage decoration display in the window at Content Beauty/Wellbeing (above). I don't know how store owner, Imelda Burke, managed to colour-co-ordinate so many beautiful vintage glass decorations, but she did a mighy fine job. So pretty.

I also really liked the sculptural magazine "tree" in the window at KJ's Laundry…

In terms of sheer scale and magnificence, Selfridges have surpassed themselves with a rather anti-credit crunch theme of "the more the merrier", featuring Santa in 19 different window installations.

Santa at the cinema…

Santa gets a beard trim…

Santa takes the Tube…

Santa does his laundry…

Santa goes to the disco…

Santa has a bubblebath…

Santa takes tea…

Santa goes shopping…

Santa eats sushi…

while Oxford Street goes twinkle, twinkle…

and St Christopher's Place goes sparkle, sparkle…

I LOVE this time of the year.

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Posted at 5:59 pm in Christmas 2008, Christmas in London, Christmas in London 2008, London Christmas lights, London Christmas windows, Shopping in Marylebone, Shopping in W1, Shopping in West London, Shopping on Marylebone Lane, Shopping on Oxford Street | Permalink

Tweet tweet! I love reading all your comments - thanks so much for stopping by.

http://www.charsinthecity.blogspot.com Char

Fab night photography, Birdy! I’d like to go to Oxford St to see the lights but I’m getting scared of the Christmas shopping crowd. I’ll brave it sometime tho!
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there is something disturbing about santa at the barbers … kinda creepy…. x
Sally

I love it, Santa on the Tube is my favourite!
http://www.theredthreadblog.blogspot.com Lisa

Thanks for the photos Top Bird – the vintage decoration display is gorgeous.
http://www.catandbang.com jen stevens

oh brilliant! i always make a point of visiting london to see the lights, Selfridges window looks fantastic, Great blog by the way, i wonder if you’d like my animal-esque jewellery x
http://likklegirl.blogspot.com the likkle girl who wurves pwetty things

So pretty and festive and different! David Jones here really ought to get a new team to spend their huge annual Christmas windows budget. It’s not very exciting this year. Again. Unless you’re six years old. xxx
http://jafabrit.blogspot.com/ jafabrit

Oh I so miss England, especially the window displays and the lights, so it is lovely to see these photos, thanks.
http://www.little-doodles.blogspot.com Kate

I think the window displays must be one of my favourite bits of Christmas!
Robyn

If you want to see Santa really having a hair raising experience visit rgmstudiom’s photo on flickr.
Robyn

If you want to see Santa really having a hair raising experience visit rgmstudiom’s photo on flickr.
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i love this time of year, too!
theses window dressings really put me in the mood
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Love the window displays and the lights, fabulous!