Pennell’s Garden Centre has officially opened its Christmas store for 2024, bringing festive magic to customers after nearly a year of preparations.
Staff at the longstanding garden centre on Humberston Road, Cleethorpes have officially unveiled the dazzling festive displays, which have been in the works since Christmas 2023.
A letterbox brimming with children’s lists to the North Pole, a huge Santa statue and trees and decorations in an array of themes and colours – including one-of-a-kind dinosaur decorations – are dotted throughout the store, transforming it into a Christmas spectacular.
Three singing reindeers who live at the ‘Reindeer Shack’ are also on-hand to sing customers’ favourite festive belters.
Rebecca Kirk, General Manager at Pennell’s in Cleethorpes, told Grimsby Live: “We officially opened our Christmas store late last month. We try and make it slightly different every year and put different twists on things and bring Christmas magic to people.
“It takes ages to set up, so we started in July, but we start buying for the Christmas period the December before. We’ve already got trips booked in December and January to buy for Christmas 2025 – so you’re setting up this one, but you’re already thinking about next year.
“There’s a big focus on the snowy, Scandinavian and Nordic theme this year and people seem to like more old-fashioned decorations nowadays. But we still have the traditional red, gold and green, the gingerbread houses for the kids and the silvers and whites which are always one of the most popular themes.
“We try to stock things to suit every taste and preference and ensure there’s something for everyone, and every budget, and we try and squeeze a lot in – we always say we wish we had rubber walls because we’d like to stretch the place out.
“I love coming up with ideas for new displays, and when you see customers come in and go, ‘Wow’, that’s what it’s all about and that’s what I want to achieve every year. Customers have been saying how great it looks.”
Take a look inside the Christmas store at Pennell’s Garden Centre in the picture gallery below.
