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Russell Ince's Christmas Imaginarium

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Russell Ince is the author and illustrator of The Book of Secrets Series. Which include Santa Claus: The Book of Secrets and Fairies: The Book of Secrets

Russell Ince is the author and illustrator of The Santa Claus: The Book of Secrets Series, Christmas Decoration designer, Founder of The Order of Santa Claus and curator of The Christmas Imaginarium, an all year round Christmas Shop.

20/03/2026

The shop is ready to reopen today at 10am (Sat 21st)✨🎄

We can’t wait to welcome you back to The Christmas Imaginarium😊🎅🏻👍

16/03/2026

🎄✨ The Christmas Imaginarium Reopens This Saturday – 21st March ✨🎄

After its quiet winter rest, the doors of The Christmas Imaginarium will open once again this Saturday.

For the past few months the shop has slept peacefully after the great bustle of Christmas — the shelves resting, the lights dimmed, and the magic patiently waiting for the next chapter to begin.

But now the time has come to awaken it once more.

From 10am on Saturday morning, we return to our usual year-round opening, and I will be there myself working the first shift of the year, which I am very much looking forward to.

It will be wonderful to welcome customers old and new back through the doors over the coming year and to share a little year-round Christmas magic once again.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. It truly means the world to us.

Magical wishes,
Claire and Russell

23/12/2025

✨🎄🎅🏻 OUR LAST OPENING DAY OF 2025 🎅🏻🎄✨

Today — Tuesday 23rd December (10am–4pm) — is our final day of opening before we close the doors for Christmas.

As always, we give Christmas Eve to our wonderful team, a small thank-you after a year spent creating magic, welcoming visitors, and helping Christmas find its way into so many homes. ❤️

We want to say the biggest thank you to every single person who has visited the shop, supported us online, shared kind words, brought friends and family, and believed in what we do. The Christmas Imaginarium exists because of you — and your support truly keeps the magic alive.

If you’d like one last wander through twinkling lights, stories, and old-world Christmas wonder, we’d love to see you today.

From all of us here at The Christmas Imaginarium, we wish you and your loved ones — near and far — a truly magical Christmas ✨
And we can’t wait to welcome you back in 2026 🎄🎅🏻

08/12/2025

✨ OUT NOW — The Christmas Special Issue of Santa Claus Magazine! ✨

The Bumper Christmas Special has officially arrived, filled with festive stories, magical news, enchanting features, and behind-the-scenes wonders from the heart of Santa’s Village.

And yes… the eagerly awaited Top 100 Christmas Moments of 2025 is inside too! 🎄🏅

Whether you’re a lifelong reader or simply in need of a little magical Christmas reading, this year’s edition is our most joyful and treasure-filled issue yet.

📘 Available now in-store and online
🎅 For children, adults, and believers of all ages

Step into the pages and enjoy the magic… ✨

04/12/2025

🎄🎅🏻✨RYDE LATE NIGHT SHOPPING - FRI 5th DEC✨🎅🏻🎄 The Christmas Imaginarium will be staying open later until 8pm tomorrow evening, along with lots of the other magnificent independent retailers of Ryde. Please feel free to pop in for a dose of festive cheer and we look forward to welcoming you😊🎅🏻👍

24/11/2025

🎅🏆 This Christmas, visit the official Best Shop on the Isle of Wight 2025!✨🎄
Step into The Christmas Imaginarium — a world of magic, storytelling and festive wonder.

🎅🏻 Open Mon–Sat, 10am–4pm
📍 Cross Street, Ryde (just off the top of Union Street)

❤️ Thank you to everyone who helped make this award possible.

17/11/2025

TOP 100 NICE LIST CALL - SANTA CLAUS MAGAZINE DECEMBER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!!!😊🎅🤶🎄👍

Early December will see the launch of the Christmas Special issue of Santa Claus Magazine and this is your chance to nominate your child, grandchild, or indeed an exceptionally good adult for the 2025 TOP 100 NICE LIST, all you need to do to be in contention, is to write the name(s) in the comments below.

CHRISTMAS WISHES OPPORTUNITY:

In addition to the Top 100 nice list there will be a special feature, dedicated to people's Christmas Wishes and Dreams. Each selected wish will not only be hung on the Dream Tree in Santa's Village, but also featured in the December Christmas Special. Again whether adult or child, please write the name, and their wish below in the comments!

14/11/2025

🏆🎅🏻WE WON! - BEST SHOP at last night’s Isle Of Wight Awards!!!🎅🏻🏆
A huge thank you to all of our amazing customers who voted for us, to the judges for choosing us, to our Elves Sparkly, Georgie and Laura for the magic you bring every day and thank you to Red Funnel for hosting a wonderful evening.🎄

31/10/2025

🎅🎄OWN A PIECE OF SANTA'S VILLAGE🎄🎅 - Now live and available to order on our website!!!

For the first time ever, you can secure your own plot in Santa’s Village and help keep the magic of Christmas alive for generations to come.

When you own a plot of land in Santa’s Village, you’ll receive:
🎄 A personalised gold-foiled certificate of ownership with your name and unique plot code
🗺️ A double-sided map of Santa’s Village — illustrated and to-scale
📜 An official deed with wax seal
📖 A 24-page story booklet telling the tale of the Village and the Elves’ plan to save it
🎁 All beautifully presented in a keepsake gift box

👉 Secure your plot today: https://christmasimaginarium.com/products/own-a-piece-of-santas-village

22/10/2025

And so the epic task begins!😊🎅🏻📚🎄✨

13/10/2025

🎅🎄✨📚SANTA CLAUS AND A CHRISTMAS CAROL📚✨🎄🎅 "The magical story of how Santa Claus and Charles Dickens saved Christmas…"

Santa’s Village is under siege and Elven magic is failing. Joy and hope is dwindling in the hearts of Humans and Christmas is in grave danger of disappearing forever.

Queen Victoria sits upon the throne of the British Empire, Charles Dickens is emerging as a global superstar, and the rise of the machines has begun — all as a powerful darkness creeps across the world.

Santa Claus is thrust into a magical adventure beyond the walls of the North Pole, to Victorian London. Here he must convince legendary author Charles Dickens to join him on his extraordinary quest to save Christmas.

05/10/2025

🎅🏻✨ The Order of Ancients - OUT NOW! 🌟📚
Step back to the late 1700s and uncover the untold legend — when duty called Santa to answer the summons of The Order of Ancients: a secret alliance of Earth’s most powerful magical races.
Together, they must journey across the world’s great wonders — from Machu Picchu to Stonehenge — pursued by dark forces in a desperate race to save the world from an age of shadow.
📖 The Order of Ancients – A Magical Fantasy Adventure.

Address

4 Cross Street
Ryde
PO332AA

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

01983 566937

Website

https://christmasimaginarium.com/

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