A little late on this review but better let than never which would never happen because this was a…read morevery special evening, how the events unfolded, how a bad thing isn't always a bad thing.
There's a spot in Brooklyn on Pitkin Ave where a few homes are extravagantly decorated for Christmas. Not in the Clark Griswald sense of extravagantly decorated, but attention to the smallest little detail, as with the lamppost on the corner within the snowy winer little town setting.
There's something about figurines that enchants the inner child in me and my heart flutters as my eyes are mesmerized scanning the little street with the sled repair shop business, the bakery and the chocolatier with the rotating gears that pop out beautiful little chocolates.
I love trees and lights, stockings and ornaments but the little towns people doing little pre Christmas things - in these Rockerll-esq scenes, I dare say that my Christmas would be incomplete without. So the spot in Brooklyn is no longer operational, I banged a right on Crossbay like I'd done in years past, and drove until the lights hit, but there were no lights, there was nothing. An online search revealed it (the ornamentally appointed homes) were no more, it vanished, it was all over. But you basically sat in your car and "oooohhh-ed" and "aaaahhh-ef" until done jackhole blared his horn,l. It was over crowded but a testiment to the folks that put it all together.
So I typed in "Christmas" into Yelp and bang, 3 miles away was the Christmas Store. It was in an area I knew well, somehow it's eluded me as it's been in business for years, it was the old piano manufacturer.
A look inside and your immediately greeted by tens of thousands of ornamental displays, this Christmas wonderland was chiming the song "down the chimney with ole St Nick" The owner and I spoke, he had great cheer and has a wonderful eye for placement. I initially commented to him on the magnificence of the garlands and floating wreaths. The shop is giant and full, old wooden boards creeking under your feet as your looking around, ho upstairs, it gets better!
Big Nutcracker soldiers and Santa in his sleigh reading the little letters. Snowman, snowflakes, pinecones, silver bells and bugles.
Organize organically with like creatures and like trees and I took a video of the little towns which il attempt to post now to get y'all excited about Christmas 2025. I could write on and on and I'm withholding temptation not too. Happy New Year Everyone