BBC NEWS 24 141 08 Aug 14:00/15 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ************** ************ ************** 7/7 HARRODS MAKES AUGUST START - FOR XMAS With weeks left of the school summer holidays and amid soaring temperatures, Harrods has opened its Christmas decorations department.
Over 10,000 square feet of the store in Knightsbridge, west London, has been filled with twinkling decorations, Christmas trees and model Santas.
Harrods said 85,000 customers passed through the section in the first day.
Customers needed the time to decide on their Christmas theme, the store added.
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