Christmas Window Competition 2025
Published: 20 November 2025
2025
Christmas Window Competition
The Town Council invites all Loughton businesses to decorate their shop windows in a Christmas themed design for automatic entry to this special Christmas competition. The more festively dressed windows created, the more enchanting the atmosphere! This will help tempt more residents to shop locally over the Christmas shopping period.
There are four entry classes: Local/Independents, Multiple/Chain Stores, Charity Shops and Eateries (including Restaurants, Cafes and Public Houses). Each group winner will have the opportunity to nominate a charity to receive a £75 donation from Loughton Town Council and will be awarded an engraved cup to keep for eleven months along with a laminated certificate.
Runners-up and highly commended entries in each class will be awarded a laminated certificate.
Christmas-themed window displays will be judged on a range of criteria, including:
Ø Overall impression/visual impact
Ø Creativity/ideas
Ø Artistic merit
Ø Inventive use of materials
Ø Effort
Window decorations must be completed for when the judging commences on 1 December.
The judges this year are the Town Mayor, Cllr David Wixley, accompanied by Cllrs Dodd and Harriman. The judging will be completed no later than 7 December. (Full details of competition rules follow below.)
For information, the winners last year and their nominated charities that received a £75 donation from the Town Council were:
For more information contact:
Mark Squire or Debra Paris
Loughton Town Council
Tel. no. 020 8508 4200 | www.loughton-tc.gov.uk
20 November 2025
2025 Competition Rules
1 Eligibility
All shops and businesses within the Town Council’s boundaries are eligible and will be automatically entered in the competition.
2 Classes of entry
Entrants will be split into four classes:
1. Local/independent businesses
2. Multiples/chain stores (three or more branches)
3. Charity
4. Restaurants, Cafes and Public Houses
3 Judging
Judging will be carried out by a panel consisting of the Town Mayor and two other councillors nominated each year by the Environment & Heritage Committee. All dressed windows must be in place for 1 December 2025. Judging will follow this and be completed by 7 December 2025. The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
4 Theme
Entrants may base the window display on any Christmas theme.
5 Judging Criteria
The window displays will be judged on a range of criteria, including
· Overall impression/visual impact
· Creativity/ideas
· Artistic merit
· Inventive use of materials
· Effort
Window displays relying primarily on considerable expenditure to achieve their impact will not be favoured in the judging.
There is no maximum or minimum size for the display.
6 Prizes
The first prize-winner in each class will receive an engraved cup to retain for eleven months (to be awarded again the following year) and a certificate to keep; also a donation of £75 will be made to the charity of their choice. Certificates will also be awarded to the runner-up and highly commended entrants in each category. When no award is made in a category, the Town Council reserves the right to re-distribute the award on the judges’ decision to one or more categories and/or entrants.
Loughton Town Council, 1 Buckingham Court, Rectory Lane, Loughton IG10 2QZ
020 8508 4200 | www.loughton-tc.gov.uk