The Village of Maywood officially welcomes the Christmas season with a seven-panel lit gigantic window display patterned after the Chronicles of Narnia children books.  The unveiling took place on Saturday, December 12 at 5 PM at Village Hall, 40 Madison Street in Maywood.

Proviso East High School art students, using recycled cardboard, created seven “windows” from the Robert Sabuda pop up book.  Under the direction of art teacher Emily Tonon, the students have been working on their displays since October 1. 

The seven windows are titled thusly:  “The Magician’s Nephew”; “The Horse and His Bay”; “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”; “Prince Caspian”; “The Voyage of The Dawn Treader”; “The Silver Chair”; and “The Last Battle.”

“Maywood welcomes everyone to view this unique display,” Mayor Henderson Yarbrough proclaimed.  “We believe that this wonderful tribute to this festive time of year will be Maywood’s way of wishing everybody a happy holiday season where families can join together in peace and goodwill for all.”

“Thanks for our Special Events Commission chairwoman Dawn Williams for all of her work and advocacy for this window display,” the mayor pointed out.  “I also want to thank Proviso East High School, local businessman Jerry Kurzak and countless others for all of their work in this spectacular display,” Mayor Yarbrough concluded.

Kurzak, owner of Blue Wave Hand Car Wash, donated the cardboard and was responsible for constructing the seven-panel set for the window display.