It’s that time of year again! Stores are putting up their holiday window displays, which are always such fun to look at until you get thwacked in the chest with a tourist’s backpack and then tripped by someone’s shopping bag. So instead, you can enjoy our annual holiday window slideshow from the safety of your cubicle. First up, we have Lord & Taylor, who got kids from local schools and shelters to make drawings for their annual theme, “What is Christmas made of?” Dozens of the drawings were then chosen to inspire winter scenes in the store’s five windows, all of which are outfitted with moving mechanical figures that do things like ice skate, build a snowman, and trim a Christmas tree. To give all the young visionaries their due, Lord & Taylor also framed and hung up a bunch of the kids’ drawings, too. See the scenes in our slideshow.
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Rag and Bone A wintry outfit.
Rag & Bone Winter gear.
Rag & Bone The storefront.
Rag & Bone Frosty windows.
Saks Fifth Avenue Saks's windows are based on the children's book Who Makes the Snow? The story chronicles a little girl's search for where snow ... Saks Fifth Avenue Saks's windows are based on the children's book Who Makes the Snow? The story chronicles a little girl's search for where snow comes from.
Saks Fifth Avenue Modeling by a giant bucket.
Saks Fifth Avenue A snow machine.
Saks Fifth Avenue Another snow machine.
Saks Fifth Avenue "Land of the Bubblemakers."
Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday-friendly outfits.
Saks Fifth Avenue Children's toys.
Saks Fifth Avenue More holiday-friendly outfits.
Tiffany & Co. Tiffany's windows depict magical carousel animals as they deliver gifts to Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. The Central Park carousel inspired the decorations.
Bergdorf Goodman Bergdorf Goodman's 2011 windows, entitled “Carnival of the Animals,” features different settings and animals reimagined in vario... Bergdorf Goodman Bergdorf Goodman's 2011 windows, entitled “Carnival of the Animals,” features different settings and animals reimagined in various materials such as brass, leather, and paper.
Bergdorf Goodman Animal scenes.
Bergdorf Goodman More animal scenes.
Bergdorf Goodman This window, called "Testing the Waters," is covered in hand-cut Italian mosaic tile and is the most labor-intensive s... Bergdorf Goodman This window, called "Testing the Waters," is covered in hand-cut Italian mosaic tile and is the most labor-intensive single window display in Bergdorf Goodman history. The mannequin wears a seashell dress from Alexander McQueen's spring 2012 collection.
Bergdorf Goodman The “Teacher’s Pets”window is made up of paper products and represents a classroom filled with animals, including a life-size p... Bergdorf Goodman The “Teacher’s Pets”window is made up of paper products and represents a classroom filled with animals, including a life-size paper zebra, ostrich, panda bear, aardvark, white peacock, and more. The “students” are surrounded by zoological textbooks, and the teacher wears a black-and-white lace Marchesa gown.
Bergdorf Goodman In “Artists and Models,” wood and leather animals gather at a sculptor’s studio.
Bergdorf Goodman More animal scenes.
Barneys New York Barneys' holiday windows continue the Lady Gaga theme seen inside at Gaga's Workshop. The windows were a collaboration between N... Barneys New York Barneys' holiday windows continue the Lady Gaga theme seen inside at Gaga's Workshop. The windows were a collaboration between Nicola Formichetti and Barneys’ Creative Director Dennis Freedman.
Barneys New York Lady Gaga's bedroom.
Barneys New York A Lady Gaga-mobile.
Macy's Ornaments in the Macy's windows are inspired by the wishes of fourteen designers and are (of course) for sale to benefit the Make-A-Wish f... Macy's Ornaments in the Macy's windows are inspired by the wishes of fourteen designers and are (of course) for sale to benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation. Viewers can create their own ornaments via a touch-screen and watch them appear in the display.
Macy's A holiday scene.
Macy's A ship heads to the the North Star to decorate the "Tree of Wishes."
Macy's The "Wish Factory."
Macy's More of the “Wish Factory.”
Macy's A holiday scene.
Macy's Where the world's wishes are supposedly collected.
Henri Bendel Henri Bendel's 2011 holiday windows are inspired by the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Henri Bendel Just a giant Lady Liberty taking her dog for a walk through NYC. Photo: unknown
Henri Bendel
A close-up of Lady Liberty.
Bloomingdale's This display features one of the store's shopping bags from 2001 — and a penguin.
Bloomingdale's Here's the imprint of a Bloomingdale's bag from 1990.
Bloomingdale's And here's the modernized Bloomingdale's version, complete with the New York City skyline.
Bloomingdale's A bag from 1983.
Bloomingdale's A bag from 1982.
Bloomingdale's A bag from 1981.
Bloomingdale's A bag from 1978.
Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor's holiday windows at the Fifth Avenue store display 125 drawings made by children from local schools and shel... Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor's holiday windows at the Fifth Avenue store display 125 drawings made by children from local schools and shelters.
Lord & Taylor Mechanized figures trimming the tree.
Lord & Taylor Visiting Santa.
Lord & Taylor Children's drawings answered the question, "What is Christmas made of?"
Lord & Taylor More drawings.
Lord & Taylor Ice skating in Central Park.
Lord & Taylor Waiting for Santa.
Lord & Taylor Building a snowman and baking cookies.
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