Do you believe in magic?

As a kid, Christmas was about friends and family as it is now, but it also had that allure of the magic of the season. One place that you can still find that magic is at the Christmas window displays at the Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Toronto. Since the early 1900s, the company has been creating heartwarming scenes for families to look at in wonder.

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This year, the Bay has decorated five of their windows along Queen Street showing Santa Claus and his elves celebrating Christmas decorating, getting ready for the holiday and sharing a feats. There are also scenes depicting families, small towns and merchants celebrating Christmas in Victorian times, sitting by an open fire, singing carols and decorating.

I took some photos, but it was hard to get good ones with the reflections in the windows, but then I found this great video showing all the details of the windows. Take a look!

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I love all the details in the windows, such as these little elves wearing jackets made from Hudson Bay’s famous blankets.

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Elves working away at Santa’s workshop. This little girl looks completely mesmerized.

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One of my favorite scenes is of Santa and his elves celebrating their hard work with a great big feast.

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The Victorian scenes are gorgeous, with carolers singing, shoppers carrying beautifully wrapped presents and merchants decorating their windows.

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The final scene is of a family getting their home ready on Christmas Eve. The father and mother are decorating the house, as the children are asleep by the window.

 

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And what is showed below the floorboards of the room? A family of mice getting ready for Christmas too.

 

The mice are tucked into their beds made of Hudson Bay Company match boxes, snoring away.

 

I wish more stores would put up displays this time of year.

Do any stores in your town/city do this too?