i had ordered a book, created by one of the conversation group moms. she is danish, but had been living in london and then oxford for 20 years. she had put together a beautiful coffee table book on the seasons in oxford, that i thought would be a nice gift for p’s parents, who live there. jj came with me over to the author's house to have her sign the book. since she lives very close to the big department stores, we went over to look at the holiday windows. the “printemps” windows were very fun, with little fairy type people preparing for a 19th century like feast. beautifully done, magically lit, fun little scenes with the characters running and jumping around. in contrast, the “galleries lafayette” windows felt brash and without subtlety. the las vegas of holiday windows, they had animated the commercial toys that were for sale for christmas. standard mass produced toys and dolls stiffly moving their arms or legs in a brightly lit, saturated color scheme.
anyway, it was fun seeing all the windows and it felt very christmasy with all the snow.
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