New York City’s holiday windows
The theme of Saks’ windows is “Winter Palace.” Think of them as “Frozen” for grownups.
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At Saks, a mannequin is afloat on a cloud above India’s Taj Mahal.
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Snoopy, that famous World War I flying ace, and Charlie Brown in a Macy’s window.
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The window featuring the Peanuts gang at Macy’s took more than a year of work.
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Lord & Taylor has constructed a pine-bough canopy with twinkling lights over the entire sidewalk on the west side of Fifth Avenue fronting the store windows.
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This confection of a window at Lord & Taylor represents the theme “These Are a Few of My Favorite Things.”
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You have to smell it to believe it: The light-and-gold tree in the Bloomingdales store window emits a scent of fresh-cut pine.
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It’s no bed of roses being one of Santa’s reindeer -- or is it? This Jeff Leatham-designed window shows the antlers surrounded by crimson roses.
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Millions of Swarovski jewels are used in the five windows of Bergdorf Goodman, where the theme is “Brilliant Holiday.”
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King Neptune is encrusted with pearls in the Treasure Chest window at Bergdorf Goodman.
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“Chillin’ Out” is the theme at Barneys. Its windows show weather scenes, including one done in collaboration with glass artist Dale Chihuly.
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