A year or two ago in Washington, DC, I saw this charming series of windows in the downtown Macy's. It's a technical makeover of the traditional Santa's workshop, complete with pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo like "Through Synchronous Siphonization, Gigglium added in 2:1 ratio to Teeheelium," "Octopusilex arms begin extension/contraction/reaction sequence," and "Once outspoutified, capillary action introduces .43 milligrams per 100 parts of Elation Suspension." I never got around to blogging it, I guess! So here you go. . . Merry Christmas!
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How fun!
Happy Holidays, Jessica, and thanks for all the great posts.
As a Visual Merchandiser and a steampunk dabbler I thought this was rather cool. Macy's usually has good Christmas windows don't they?
hee hee! I want to see fuzzball mode!