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The set decorating eff ort was immense. There were nineteen interiors and exteriors dressed by the set decorator, along with all of the street furniture and Christmas decorations and thousands of Christmas lights. The Kringle cottage was a two-story stage set with a shootable exterior. The director's take on Santa's house and workshop was that, since the former Santa had been around for three hundred years, those sets should have a period feel. Once I worked out its look with the director, I provided the set designer research, rough sketches, and scaled plans and sections; he created well-thought- out 3D models and construction drawings. The illustrator, using views from the model, did a number of beautiful and accurate renderings, using in the illustrations many of the furnishings that the set decorator had already collected. The ornate wall and fl oor tiles were trompe l'oeil A B D A. THE INTERIOR OF THE KRINGLE COTTAGE. ILLUSTRATION BY HOWARD LAU. B. THE KRINGLE COTTAGE INTERIOR. SET PHOTO. C. KRINGLE COTTAGE EXTERIOR. SKETCHUP MODEL BY ALLEN COULTER. D. TROMPE L'OEIL VINYL FLOOR TILE. E. CUSTOM DESIGNED AND PRINTED WALLPAPER PATTERN. F. THE KRINGLE COTTAGE INTERIOR. FLOOR PLAN. G. SANTA'S WORKSHOP EXTERIOR. SET PHOTO. H. SANTA'S WORKSHOP INTERIOR, BUILT ON STAGE IN VANCOUVER. I. THE SUGARPLUM DELI. SET PHOTO. J. DRESSED AND SNOWED IN SIDE STREET. SET PHOTO. K. PHOENIX MALL. SKETCHUP MODEL BY BILL RYDER. STAGE SET BUILT ON THE LARGEST STAGE AVAILABLE IN VANCOUVER. PHOTOS BY MAHER AHMAD. C E F