Amidst a party in Northumberland Street, Fenwick launched its famous Christmas windows this evening and this year the display is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic novel ‘
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. The Street was brought alive with the excitement of 3D animated characters and music that evoke the spirit of Christmas.
Chairman, Mark Fenwick said: “Christmas is a magical time for everyone and the excitement of creating these windows is one of the highlights of our year. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.”
About Fenwick Newcastle:
- The Fenwick Group is one of the UK’s premier department store operators.
- An independent family business, it currently has a portfolio of eleven stores throughout the country.
- The business was founded in 1882 in Newcastle, where the existing store is now one of the largest provincial department stores in the UK. Situated on one of the prime retail sites in the country, Fenwick is the high profile destination of any shopping trip to Newcastle, and enjoys a reputation as the city’s foremost department store.
- Today, Fenwick Newcastle offers everything from fashion to food over five floors of an iconic building in Newcastle city centre. With 11 stylish eateries and services including personal shopping, a hair salon and a nail bar, it's the ultimate one-stop shop.
Previous Fenwick Newcastle Christmas window schemes
1971 - Camberwick Green – based on a popular children’s TV series
1972 - Chigley
1973 - Rupert Meets Santa
1974 - Sooty’s Circus
1975 - Aladdin
1976 - Fairytale Christmas with Cinderella
1977 - Treasure Island
1978 - Storybook Christmas
1979 - Wonderful world of Pantomime
1980 - A Christmas Carol
1981 - Alice in Wonderland
1982 - Arabian Nights
1983 - Fly to Fenwick’s for Christmas (based on a space theme)
1984 - Gulliver – featuring a massive Gulliver, whose body filled the whole shop frontage!
1985 - Fairytale Christmas with Pinocchio
1986 - Christmas Circus
1987 - Magical Winter Wonderland (creatures skating & skiing)
1988 - Purrfect for Christmas (all the figures were cats & dogs)
1989 - Jungle Fantasy
1990 - Good Old Santa (Santa & elves preparing for Christmas)
1991 - It’s A White Christmas (Jack Frost, a Snowman, talking Tree & Santa)
1992 - Santa’s Christmas Party (with panto & nursery rhyme characters)
1993 - Alice in Wonderland (Second time around – first in 1981)
1994 - Christmas Village
1995 - Santa’s New Store
1996 - Fairytale Christmas with Snow White/Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty
1997 - Santa’s Christmas Pantomime
1998 - A Christmas Carol (second outing for this Dickens story)
1999 - Peter Pan
2000 - Christmas in Poodletown
2001 - Santa’s Journey (Santa + helper Englebert the Polar Bear)
2002 - Christmas in Another World (Christmas from an Alien’s perspective)
2003 - Santa’s Workshop
2004 - The Christmas Story (nativity)
2005 - The Snowman (famous Raymond Briggs story)
2006 - Gulliver (a return journey for Gulliver)
2007 - Winter Wonderland
2008 - Oliver Twist (with soundtrack featuring all songs from the musical)
2009 - The Christmas Story (nativity)
2010 - The Night Before Christmas (Toymaker Express!)
2011 - 40 YEARS OF THE FENWICK CHRISTMAS WINDOW (the 41st window installation in the 40th anniversary year)
2012 - The Reindeer Express
2013 - The Enchanted Forest
