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Galveston County Daily News (Newspaper) - December 23, 2007, Galveston, Texas D8 THE DAILY NEWS DECEMBER 23, 2007 GALVESTON TEXAS AP PHOTOS A woman pauses to view the elaborate holiday window display at Lord & Taylor's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New This window which feature Santa Claus delivering gifts by boat during Christmas in are prepared underground and elevated into position by a hydraulic lift WINDOWS Continued from Page D1 The official theme for this year's windows is the five But the windows also transport passers-by to the early part of the 20th century in faraway lands such as Copenhagen and always say my last one was my favorite but this one really is up Renha Other themes near and dear to him were and fairy fun part is seeing the windows and eavesdropping on the The best comments are from the kids - they're so he take seriously their comments for the next Renha never set out to be one of Santa He studied to be an architect but soon after school he was asked by family friends to work with them to change the image of their I've been in he said with a But when it comes to the holiday Renha doesn't have to worry about pushing the season's The process is more organic than With a few ideas swirling in his hell do loose sketches of scenes that he thinks will entertain and delight the Those produce a concept technical where my architect and set designer background come he In the Renha does the same sort of inspiration boards that fashion designers a haphazard Santa Claus delivers gifts to children by gondola on a canal in Venice in a scene from Lord & Taylor's flagship store's elaborate Christmas window group of magazine print swatches and color cards that set a He later becomes an expert in the food and colors of the It's a lot of work - and expense - for a project that doesn't necessarily drive traffic into the But Lord & Taylor's senior vice president of promotion and public relations LaVelle Olexa said the windows are about a bigger world who visits New York City expects fabulous It's something important to the city It would be a big miss not to have she remember coming back with their parents and now coming back with their own children or even Of she hopes this goodwill will turn into consumer loyalty they're not ping but they might tomorrow or the day Olexa Ultimately about 200 people have a hand in the creation of the but Renha relies mostly on the two dozen in his own department who are there from the brainstorming sessions to the final can't count the yards of fabric we use for the We buy everything in Renha said showing off bolts of satin and lace and boxes upon boxes of glittery garland and mini faux A few boxes of toymaker Breyer's realistic animal figurines also are scattered It's not uncommon for the garland to be cut into 1-inch pieces and all the cranberries cut off their How else would one make a wreath that's scale appropriate for a home where its residents are only 2 feet The hot glue gun is a favorite tool this time of year because everyone is in a rush to finish every last from putting icing on the cakes to positioning the carving knife in Grandpa's has to be done by hand on this Renha details are what makes the Each outfit is finished as if it were headed to the selling with even hems and embellished Shoes for each of the 80 characters are tiny pieces of leather sewn Renha can't use typical clothes because the size isn't quite right - his figures are a little It's also difficult to find printed fabric for the garments and upholstery because the scale has to be so easy to find big especially now in but not for these he a child's tea set does work for the Parisian bakery scene this isn't one of many FLYING Continued from Page D1 challenge of it is just a lot of For those unaccustomed to small it's difficult to discern exactly when the wheels leave the The transition from taxiing down the Tarmac to flight is so gentle and Shrinking rooftops and seeing the slight curvature of the Earth gives it On a cool and nearly cloudless day from a 1,000 it's easy to understand why George Gould refers to the island as a what it looks like up he was in the Air Guard at Ellington and when I got I missed the flying part of it. I visit my it only takes about 2V& hours to get to At the the Gould brothers are well Their friend Fred Vickers of Pearland has been flying since 1957. He and George Gould have almost completely restored a 1946 that is controlled with a steering wheel rather than can't put it into a Vickers guy built the plane for everyone to fly without getting into a lot like driving a The only difference is the plane lands in a a little like a jumbo with casters on the Both of the Gould's achieve relatively good fuel burning from six to eight gallons an hour at a price of a gallon for you fly off the island and the water turns you can see a lot of George Gould seen hammerheads and Morris Gould said years when fuel was more he'd rent his plane and the pilots would fly to a well-known Brazoria County lunch destination at an airport restaurant called the Windsock gas prices went they'd rent it and come back and say they had a he Hud Hopkins manages the Galveston He said it was the first and also the last remaining airport in Galveston County with a paved There are two each 6,000 feet long and 150 feet Houston Gulf Airport in League City shut down about five or six years Hopkins a residential area now I always tell people that if they're frustrated with the it's like the Bahamas up The water turns and it looks clean and well WE'RE Recycle for our children's In The Historic Panama Hotel 202 Suite 101 Galveston Island 409.765.0400 December 25 Reservation rimes 10:30a SALADS A IS Salti UU * 1 Huffy Mi Faff Mta i fam I tmk hum I tuil mi kuitti mi Shad f rait mi fink wt tf Km mm A I Crm Iwa MW mmi HaW wkk UaM Um fata WU Nm HOM THI I wUk Umi nib wit STATION Willi 6�m I Itm KIDS Hm km m antr W mmn tm tm m toUt tu I Hmm 74�3S1 7IM w

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