North Canterbury News: December 10, 2020
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Painting the town red<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
AWoodend bespokewindow muralist has<br />
been creating Christmas cheerin<br />
Waimakariri shop windows and further<br />
afield sinceNovember.<br />
Sue Roxborough, of Suesartyfarty<br />
Window Decorations, saidthis yearan<br />
increasednumber of retailerswanted to<br />
get their shopwindows decorated for the<br />
festive season.<br />
‘‘It has been going gangbusters,’’ she<br />
says.<br />
‘‘I think people are ready to say<br />
‘goodbye’to<strong>2020</strong> and get that Christmas<br />
holiday vibe going.’’<br />
Sue, who is alsoanearlychildhood<br />
teacher,has createdChristmas shopwindow<br />
murals in Rangiora, Kaiapoi,<br />
Amberley,Hornby and Lincoln.<br />
However, this year notall clients have<br />
been askingfor traditionalwinterscene<br />
Christmas murals.<br />
Many want their muralstoreflect amore<br />
traditional Kiwi Christmas with arelaxed<br />
summer vibe and some preferan<br />
alternative festive influence. Rangiora’s<br />
TAD fashion boutique owner TraceyDay<br />
choseTinkerbelle for her HighStreet shop<br />
window display, while next door at men’s<br />
clothing store Dappermen, owner Simon<br />
Murphy wanted a‘‘dapper’’Santa Claus<br />
with atidy, clippedbeard for his front<br />
window.<br />
Rangiora Eyecare’s Christmas mural<br />
featuresSantarockingacool pair of<br />
sunglassesand the RangioraRSA Club has<br />
alargewreath painted at its Victoria<br />
Street entrance.<br />
Everymural is different. ‘‘I try and make<br />
each window individual for each<br />
business,’’ Sue says.‘‘It all comesdown to<br />
what the customer wants.’’<br />
For Rangiora law firm Law4you, Sue’s<br />
Christmas window murals are atradition.<br />
She has beendoingwindow murals for<br />
Christmas spirit ... Simon Murphy, owner<br />
of Rangiora men’s clothing and grooming<br />
store Dappermen, with the ‘‘dapper santa’’<br />
created for him by Woodend window<br />
muralist Sue Roxborough. PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP<br />
them for eight yearsand this year’seffort,<br />
on six small windows, features abeach<br />
scene including Santa in jandals and<br />
shortswith asurfboard.<br />
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