![]() □You’ll find Annabel’s at 46 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 5AT. There’s also inspo from fairground rides too, and running alongside the design, they’re also hosting a toy and clothing donation initiative. Inspiration for the design – from The Birley Clubs Creative Director Tatiana Kharchylava – comes from inside Annabel’s itself.įeatures, such as the Pegasus that hangs in the reception area and greets guests, have been transported outside and given a festive touch. Billed a ‘carousel of dreams’, it features an actual carousel right outside! No, seriously. Kicking off this roundup of the best Christmas window displays in London is the prestigious members’ club Annabels – based right in the heart of glitzy Mayfair. Here’s a rundown of 12 of the best Christmas window displays in London for you to discover (right after you’ve had a gander at our Tik-Tok): 1. I loved those windows!” said Koch.Ī critically acclaimed theater set designer, Koch has created stage designs for theaters around the country and around the world.So why not celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with a tour of the most colourful and out-there ones in town? Have a cheeky photoshoot outside, go window shopping, or simply admire their beauty from afar. ![]() “I live in New York now, but as a kid, one of the most exciting parts about Christmas in Dayton was pressing my face against the glass downtown at Rike’s to see that wonderful blend of theater, puppets, music and animatronics. The result is the addition of four new whimsical holiday scenes: “Woodland Forest,” “Silent Night,” “Snow Day” and “Christmastime.” The new windows still have the elves and animals from the original Rikes windows, as well as new elves recently discovered and donated. Now based in Brooklyn, Koch contacted the Victoria Theatre Association (now Dayton Live) offering his design services. Eventually, some of the badly deteriorated figures were purchased by Downtown Dayton Partnership, donated and restored.įast forward to 2019, the iconic windows got a makeover when Oakwood native Adam Koch saw a campaign to revamp the holiday windows in the Dayton Daily News. When the complex that housed Rikes was eventually razed in November of 1999 many of the little figures of the display were placed in storage in an empty store. It soon became the focal point of Christmas in downtown Dayton, and nearly every family would bring children downtown each December to enjoy the magnificent presentation with dancing elves, and starring Santa Claus. The display was such a hit in New York that in 1945 Frederick Rike, owner of the Rike-Kumler store which later became Rike’s, negotiated and was given permission to erect the Christmas display, including the moving characters, in the windows of his store in Dayton. ![]() The " Rikes Winterland Wonderland Windows" display, now shown each December at the Wintergarden in the Schuster Center, first appeared in the windows of the NCR offices in New York City in 1943.Īccording to research done by author Curt Dalton of Dayton, and one of the interesting stories in his book of little-known facts about Dayton, the original display was based on the Charles Dicken’s story “A Christmas Carol.”ĭalton said each scene of the original display was painstakingly researched and the Dickens-like characters were dressed in period attire and set against three-dimensional backgrounds built by carpenters of NCR here in Dayton. Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University. The famous Christmas window displays that delighted children of all ages in the old Rike’s department store at Second and Main Streets in downtown Dayton actually migrated here from New York City.Ĭover photo: Decked out for the holiday season, the Rike's Department Store at the corner of Second & Main Streets, Downtown Dayton, 1952.
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