A Christmas Carol in 2025<\/a>, The Twelve Days of Christmas in 2024 and The Chronicles of Narnia in 2023.\n<\/p>\n\n Award-winning illustrator Axel Scheffler\u2019s designs have been recreated through months of planning, design and production, to include numerous intricate details of the woodland setting, characters and lighting.\n<\/p>\n
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The festive display, inspired by Julia Donaldson and\u00a0Axel Scheffler’s 2004 book The Gruffalo’s Child, was unveiled in Newcastle yesterday (November 1). (Image: Andrew Meredith\/Fenwick)\n<\/p>\n
\n Scheffler said: \u201cIt’s a real pleasure to see the world of The Gruffalo’s Child brought to life on such a grand scale.\n<\/p>\n
\n “From the snowy forest and much-loved characters to the movement within the windows, it’s wonderful to see my illustrations transformed into something so imaginative and full of life.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Entertainment at yesterday’s event included a performance of Silent Night, artificial snow from Fenwick\u2019s rooftop and an appearance rom Father Christmas and the Gruffalo himself.\n<\/p>\n
\n Unlike some previous reveals, the event was not open to all spectators.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fenwick used a ballot to allocate a limited number of places, and broadcast the reveal online for those unable to attend in person.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents reacted to the theme excitedly, with many praising this year’s display online. One commenter wrote: \u201cAbsolutely over the moon, I\u2019m more excited than the kids.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Another added: “I think the kids will love it, and most of them will be able to relate; I mean, most kids know the story of the Gruffalo.\n<\/p>\n
\n “So well done Fenwick!”\n<\/p>\n
\n Visitors can view the display free of charge from today and throughout the festive season, with Fenwick hoping this year’s window will once again create lasting memories for generations of families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The festive display, inspired by Julia Donaldson and\u00a0Axel Scheffler’s 2004 book The Gruffalo’s Child, was unveiled in Newcastle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}