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In keeping with tradition, the facades of Parisian department stores -Printemps Haussmann, Galeries Lafayette, BHV MARAIS, The Samaritaine, Bon Marché Rive Gauche- are adorned with the most stunning festive decorations.
Shop windows also put on a show with amazing theatre sets featuring animated figures and magical decor in an interactive world … great fun to watch! Enchanting universes, devised and created by gifted artists and designers, are still a source of wonder for both children and grown-ups. The 2025 edition will amaze many!
This year, the department store has called upon illustrator Jeanne Detallante to recreate the magic of Christmas on the theme of The loveliest of gifts. The artist has taken inspiration from the history of Galeries Lafayette, particularly the decorative arts and the centenary of the 1925 International Exhibition, to create a flamboyant and colourful universe. The window displays on boulevard Haussmann reveal an enchanting workshop where elves are busy helping Santa to prepare thousands of presents. The scenes depict a Father Christmas, a large gift-wrapping machine, and childlike creatures such as a baby elephant and a duck wearing boots. Particularly magical are the two festive windows The Banquet and Father Christmas’s office. Inside the store, the traditional Christmas tree, under the Art Nouveau dome, is 16 metres high. This year, decorated with illustrations by Jeanne Detallante and wrapped in magnificent ribbons, like a gift, the tree sparkles with 8 km of LED lights. And, specially for the festivities, the Galeries Lafayette ice rink returns to the rooftop terrace, offering a wonderful view of Paris.
🗓️From 12 November to 31 December 2025
📍Galeries Lafayette Haussmann - 40 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9th district
This year, Printemps Haussmann offers a magical transatlantic trip on the theme Christmas in New York. This theme celebrates the opening of the first Printemps store in America, inaugurated in March 2025 in central Manhattan at One Wall Street. The window displays on boulevard Haussmann recount the adventure of a joyful band of dog explorers who travel through iconic neighbourhoods of the Big Apple, from the steps of the MET to the ice rink of the Rockefeller Center. The lively and amusing scenes are designed like living comic strips, in a black-and-white graphic style inspired by the cartoons of The New Yorker. The 125 animated figures are handmade each year by couturier Valérie Cuter. With a commitment to environmental responsibility, the sets and characters are made from natural and recyclable materials (cardboard, fabric). Inside the store, the traditional Christmas tree, 8 metres high is situated under the Cupola Wybo on the 6th floor. Also back again is the Printemps’ signature attraction: the New York ice rink by FERRERO ROCHER, on the rooftop terrace of the 7th floor, offering a magical view of Paris, a nod to the Rockefeller Center.
🗓️From 6 November to 31 December 2025
📍Printemps Haussmann - 64 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 9th district
For the Christmas season 2025, the Samaritaine is celebrating the art of gift-giving by making ribbons the central theme of its festive decorations. Undulating and luminous, ribbons wrap around the building’s facade, running from the windows to the grand staircase, and winding around every corner of the store transforming it into a dazzling gift box. Decked out in its finest attire the Samaritaine’s emblematic peacock leaves its mythical fresco on the 5th floor to follow the movement of the ribbon and watch over the wrapping of Christmas gifts. Visual artist Elsa Tomkowiak is guest of honour and has filled key areas of the store with immersive and joyful installations. She revisits the ribbon theme through saturated colours, using flexible painted PVC strips on the Baillet footbridge and a huge work of woven strips in plastic on the wall on the New Building side. To perfect the art of gift-giving, La Samaritaine opens a Gift Wrapping Studio on the ground floor, in collaboration with Impression Originale. The service offers premium wrapping paper and custom ribbons and organizes workshops to introduce customers to the art of gift wrapping and calligraphy. The Giant Advent Calendar is also back to keep visitors entertained in the run-up to Christmas Day.
🗓️From 5 November 2025 to 6 January 2026
📍Samaritaine Paris - 9 rue de la Monnaie, Paris 1st district
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche launches its seasonal festivities on 7 November 2025 at 5pm. This year, the theme chosen by the store for Christmas is A dreamy, enchanted Christmas. The animated displays feature cuddly rabbits embarking on various adventures. The decor has been redesigned and includes a newspaper-like pattern for gift wrapping. Inside the store is a Christmas market at 24 rue de Sèvres, four themed Christmas trees on the 2nd floor - each on a different theme (mountain, shop, Santa’s workshop, Christmas Eve) – plus a collection of glass baubles with the Bon Marché and La Grande Épicerie brand. A space on the ground floor is transformed into a hardware store presenting a selection of souvenirs and traditional crafts. And on 38 rue de Sèvres, the Grande Épicerie de Paris takes on the festive colours of a Christmas market.
🗓️From 7 November 2025
📍Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche - 24 rue de Sèvres, Paris 7th district
The experiences to enjoy for and during the end of year festivities in Paris are magical and numerous: illuminations tour, cruises and meals on the Seine, must-see shows...
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