TCL Christmas opens from October 24, with private igloos that can be hired by its shoppers, giant Santas, polar bears, thousands of baubles and more. Advertisement Advertisement Sign up to our daily newsletter Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. The pop-up seasonal shop has taken over the showroom site at TCL, who specialise in commercial fit outs and residential interior design, working with some of the area’s most well-known venues like Mackie’s Corner and Port of Call in Sunderland and Ebony champagne bar and The Drunken Duck in Durham.

Christmas is a busy time of year for the Seaham company who do bespoke decorations for people’s homes, from Wynyard up to Newcastle, and this year they decided to jingle all the way with a glittering, twinkling Christmas experience for shoppers. There’s seven themed rooms to browse: the Hallmark movie Christmas themed coffee shop complete with festive truck, a monochrome room, a Champagne and rose gold room, a traditional room, diamonds dining room, a Nordic room and a Nordic sparkle room. Advertisement Advertisement As well as festive hot chocolates and cakes, shoppers at the site in Cold Hesledon Industrial Estate, can hire themed igloos, one traditional and one Nordic, for them and their friends where they can enjoy mocktails and a sweet treat sharing platter.

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