See the Ogilvy Christmas window display at the McCord Museum in Montreal

For the second consecutive Christmas season, the McCord Museum in Montreal is exhibiting the famous mechanized Ogilvy window display that attracted crowds on Ste-Catherine Street since the first permutation of the Yuletide fauna wonderland was installed in 1947 at Ogilvy’s department store. (The old space was converted earlier this year into the Holt Renfrew/Four Seasons department store and hotel, with the excellent restaurant, Marcus.)

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Remember seeing the window display at Ogilvy's every #Christmas? It was such an iconic #Montreal thing to see during the holiday season. You can relive those memories at the @museemccord. They have "The Mill in the Forest" outside in a window setting for everyone to see (until January 6th). Relive a childhood memory or see it for the 1st time. #cultmtl #ogilvychristmaswindow #themillintheforest #mccordmuseum #museemccord #mtlnostalgia #nostaglia #childhoodmemories #holidayseason #oldfashionedchristmas #mtlwinter #holidaytime #mtlmoments #cinqcentquatorze

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Custom-made and handcrafted by German toy manufacturer Steiff, the two displays, The Mill in the Forest and The Enchanted Village (among the last of their kind in North America), are on view in McCord’s front window at 690 Sherbrooke W. through Jan. 5.

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Feeling nostalgic for Ogilvy’s Holiday Window Display? The Mill in the Forest, one of two beautiful Enchanted Worlds installations at the @museemccord, is up till Jan. 5. Unbelievably cute in person! #cutecritters #holidaylove #mccordmuseum #mtlmoments

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See more about the Enchanted Worlds exhibition here.

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