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Christmas at Carnaby

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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.