The Christmas windows in Paris are a real piece of heritage! Every year during the holidays, passers-by crowd to admire the decorations and displays designed to make young and old alike dream.
For the end of year celebrationsParis shines brightly, with its decorations, its great Christmas treesses markets and its Christmas windows, in a magical atmosphere. Speaking of Christmas windowsdo you know their history and how they became so essential ? Nowadays, it is a real meeting place for families, where we marvel at creations full of imagination.
Classic, magical or extravagant, Christmas windows display products but above all tell stories, like miniature theaters. The first windows for the occasion were created by The Good Market, in 1909, before becoming a tradition and a marketing tool for Parisian department stores. In the 1950s, the windows began to be so successful that a real rivalry arose between businesses. You have to compete in ingenuity, hire specialists and create the world that will most attract curious passers-by.
To Galeries Lafayette, the windows are prepared a year in advance and designed to make you want to go inside the store. Each year has a new theme, around fantastic and the magicwithout forgetting that of winter. True works, the windows require the skills of scriptwriters, directors, architects, or sculptors to succeed in standing out and pleasing despite the passage of time.
-And it's a tradition that is unlikely to fade away any time soon, since almost ten million visitors come and admire them every Christmas! Discover those of this year 2024 in Paris:
When do the Christmas window displays start and where can you find them in Paris? From Spring to Galeries Lafayette, discover what the Parisian department stores have in store for us as the end-of-year holidays approach to delight young and old alike! Bon Marché, BHV, Samaritaine, we enjoy each year the beautiful windows which come alive for our greatest happiness. With family, with children, as a couple or simply with our loved ones, this is an unmissable Parisian Christmas stroll. [Lire la suite]
