Thousands of pieces come together to turn the whole downstairs area into a Christmas grotto
There is very little floor space in Susan Haslam’s Auckland house that isn’t covered in some form of Christmas decoration. The festivities begin outside the New Lynn home with rainbow reindeer, continue in the doorway with giant toy soldiers, past the motion sensor Santa, and into the living room which has a different theme in every direction. Colours pop out from all parts of the room, but not just the usual green and red. Velvet golds and purples dress the almost life-sized Santa and the ‘Christmas countess’ mannequin is surrounded in white roses.