Myer Christmas Windows 2025 celebrate Lego
Lego is the theme of this year’s Myer Christmas Windows as the beloved Melbourne tradition celebrates its 70th anniversary.
Exactly 488,215 pieces of Lego have been used to construct the festival display, which has been created with the help of Lego celebrity Ryan “The Brickman” McNaught and features the narration of comedian Hamish Blake.
The six famed windows at Myer will tell the story of a child’s letter to Santa that is posted from Melbourne and arrives at his North Pole Workshop.
Lego fans of all ages will see colourful scenes such as Santa’s sorting room, his workshop, the present wrapping room and a spectacular reindeer flight on Christmas Eve.
Iconic Melbourne events are captured in the display, including Carols by Candlelight at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the MCG’s Boxing Day Test. More than 700 Lego minifigures are in both scenes.
The man with more than three decades of designing and producing the Myer Christmas Windows, John Kerr of Stage One, says this year’s display is one of his favourites.
“To collaborate with the Lego group on the 70th anniversary windows is one of the highlights of my 32-year career of working on the Myer Christmas Windows,” he says.
More than 12 months of planning and 1700 work hours have been invested in this year’s window display, which has involved Lego experts from all over the world.
“Bringing this year’s story to life has been a true labour of love,” says US Lego master builder Peter Donner.
“Every brick plays a part in capturing the magic of Christmas, from the twinkle in Santa’s eye to the sparkle of the Melbourne skyline. It’s been incredible to see the team’s creativity and craftsmanship come together to build something that will inspire imagination and joy for visitors of all ages.”
The Myer Christmas Windows have been a centrepiece of Melbourne’s festive season for decades and have featured everything from Snugglepot and Cuddlepie to Australia Zoo.
It all began with long-term Myer employee Fred Asmussen, who worked as a “wheeler” boy moving products from one place to another in a wicker cart. He developed a talent for visual merchandising, and by 1939, he was in charge of the Bourke Street windows.
In 1956, inspired by the summer Olympics, which Melbourne hosted that year, Asmussen created Santa and the Olympics – and the Myer Christmas Windows tradition was born.
The overwhelming response to the windows convinced management to ask Asmussen to create the next year’s windows, with the theme of The Nutcracker. It was followed by Aladdin in 1958 and Fairy Tales in 1959.
Over the years, the windows have attracted more and more people, and more than one million visited last year.
The Myer Christmas windows will be open from Saturday, November 8.
