Atomic Shrimp Advent Calendar - 15th December 2024 - Window Shopping

[@AtomicShrimp]

*Afterthoughts & Addenda* *About the shops* - I may have done Bridport a slight disservice in selecting to show only those windows that had Christmas displays or decorations in them and this has caused a few people to wonder if the place is all charity shops. It's not - it's actually a thriving and diverse market town that has 3 butchers (one of which is the longest-established in the land - since 1515), a greengrocer, a cheese shop and deli, as well as numerous bakeries, patisseries, cafes and restaurants (and that's just the food-related shops)

[@kimbledunster]

@@AtomicShrimp Cheesy comestibles and middle-aged meat! 😁

[@deejayk5939]

Looks lovely!

[@Akutikun]

Tell them to get into the spirit of Christmas and to stay there all year.

[@jmyogi17]

Really enjoying this advent calendar series. By not putting any clue in the title of the video, what the video will be about is a fantastic decision. It’s makes it such a surprise! Thank you for all your efforts, releasing daily videos must take some time and planing!

[@pjn7136]

What I love about this channel is that I would not have been surprised, nor disappointed, if given the title today’s video was about the insulating benefits of double-paned windows and the science behind them.

[@BlindBabeBeth]

Really love the descriptions of the window fronts, as a VI person. Thank you!

[@Sarah_Grant]

Me too! (HI with friend, that's VI)

[@jaidenrobidas2545]

These come out at the perfect time for an American with a bad sleeping schedule

[@Terrelli9]

Right??? This is NOT good practice for my New Year’s resolution to get my sleep schedule back on track. I live on the east coast but my brain definitely thinks it’s on the west coast, ever since 2020.

[@fouksk]

Truer words never spoken 😅

[@IceRhino44]

Hello, it is east coast USA 3:08 am here. You are very correct.

[@SpankyMcKanky]

Even better for an Australian with 25 minutes of potato roasting time left

[@whiteegretorchids8234]

it’s currently 3:18 for me this is so true

[@Fairyfink]

How lovely to see the effort local businesses have put into their windows. I don't really do Christmas, but the windows looked beautiful. My favourites were the windows that were both festive but also on theme for their business, like the craft shop with the wreath made from bobbins and ribbons.

[@halfanewfie2]

This makes me want to just stop and notice everything around me more. It's very enjoyable. I think I will now make it a point to do this from today on. Merry Christmas everyone 💖🎄

[@eloquentsarcasm]

Love towns like that, so much history and charm. Some of those shops are in buildings that are almost ancient with how long they've been there. The best part is that all those shops are local establishments instead of giant retailers. I hate big cities, soulless square buildings and garish lights, small towns have LIFE and individuality.

[@dogwalker666]

In our town centre some of the shop buildings are over 1000 years old.

[@vitamins-and-iron]

This is so much better than a chocolate advent calendar. I'm really enjoying it!

[@cphilips502]

I had no idea that Cilla Black and the Queen had set-up a gift shop together, how lovely.

[@deniseflower4026]

Occurred to me too!! 😅

[@Sarah_Grant]

😂

[@tygerstripes3752]

Oooh, color me greeen! For shopping, there's nothing I love more than a good charity shop and it looks like you've got an entire street of 'em!

[@chezmoi42]

Really, I don't think I've ever seen such a concentration of them before. I remember a few in Seattle when I lived there, and now I'm in the French countryside, I can't remember seeing one in the 30+ years I've been here, except for the big Emmaus shop. Even the few 'antique' shops have dried up over time.

[@raraavis7782]

Lovely little town, btw. And I would agree. By describing or explaining something to others (in person or on camera) one is prone to be much more immersed in the experience oneself. It is almost a form of mindfullness. I had that experience a lot when out and about with my kid nephew, when he was still small. Little kids make you really notice everything around you again - because they do. It's quite a magical experience.

[@JasonRogerson-gs8jp]

All I want for Christmas is a 24 hour Shrimp Livestream

[@The3Storms]

A Firefly reference? I smiled with childish glee, thank you.

[@gillianmeehan3206]

So many charity shops! I'd never be able to walk down the streets without popping in to each one.

[@rosemarymee]

I was just thinking that . Bridport is even more attractive than I remember it from years ago.

[@jennyferNumberone]

I love all the decorated windows 😃❤ ... Im in the U.S. by a big city named Chicago. We use to have these windows on State Street that had such great decorations. People would specifically come to the city just to view the windows. But years ago the quality, quantity, & originality really dropped. Such a shame! ... So it's great to see your windows and how beautiful & festive they are. Thank you for sharing! 😃❤️🖖

[@neilwilliams4684]

It must be distressing for the local kids to see their letters to Santa being stuck on a window rather than have been sent to him!

[@rosemarymee]

Santa knows all about them. Copies were faxed to him in advance. (He’s a bit old-fashioned with technology.. )

[@bigsiwhat7923]

24:43 very "Shrimp" shirts on that rail! Loving this advent adventure, thanks for your daily videos: really enjoyed every one!

[@dees3179]

I could have watched that ferris wheel for ages.

[@hildevandingenen-md4jy]

Spirograph!!. Haven’t seen this in ages . This brings me back to my childhood. 🖍️

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

I've still got mine, all complete!😊

[@AndraGabrielaMatei]

For someone trying to learn English, this video is a fantastic way to enrich one's vocabulary - Christmas decorations, colours, street views, names of businesses and so on. Most excellent!😄

[@zzydny]

What an amazing array and variety of shops, as well as decorations. There is nothing like this in my little Mississippi town, so it was truly a rare treat to see. Thank you! (And I bet you never thought you'd say "baubles" so many times in one video!) 🎄

[@cshadowbrown2222]

❤ My family loves the Advent calendar and look forward to it every day. I shared to FB so others could enjoy it too.

[@mdamaged]

Happy holidays, sir. Your channel has brought me some wholesome entertainment over the years, thank you.

[@Sarah_Grant]

The descriptions were everything for us in this one! I'm hearing impaired, and my friend is blind. We have been having coffee dates each morning in December and watching your uploads together. Keeping our communication skills fluid is very important, so we take turns describing the video to each other in great detail (me: talking, and her: signing) that way, we both get a full sense of the scene. We had to look up the sign for "bauble." 😂😂😂 And we had loads of fun figuring out to say it correctly, too. We both agreed that we would have liked some of the children's letters to Santa read out because it would have been interesting to see what "kids of today" are asking for. Thanks for another great video! ❤

[@peterfishley3951]

You are fortunate having a high street with that many small sops who did put a lot of effort into the festival season. Nice and relaxing just to appreciate the little walk. Imagine trying to do that in a large sterile Hughe shopping centre.

[@jeanpearce8160]

Thank you for the tour, really enjoyed your 'window shop' and commentary.Your hats look great🤗.

[@CrazyRoundMan]

I don't think I've seen anything quite like this in any of the places I've lived in the States. How sweet and fun. I love the business that both decorate and tie their décor into their decorations. That's advertising and merrymaking at it's best.

[@AWanderingEye]

Been catching up on the Advent Calendar and this one makes me think next year you need to institute a window display competition and award prizes...you do your town proud with all your content, Best of the Holiday Season to You and Yours!

[@lillyted5294]

I am loving this series ❤ All of the small details we often dont pay attention to in day to day life, I know ill be rewatching this advent calander next year 😅

[@lollys9041]

What a lovely series of festive vids I am enjoying it immensely.🙏❤️😻

[@janetbean1994]

Takes me back over 60 years to when my mother took us to downtown Washington D.C. to see the window displays. There was a large department store that decorated their windows using Christmas carols as themes. The window I most remember was "I saw 3 ships come sailing in". The displays were mechanical and the 3 ships were bobbing up and down on the waves. Another I remember had mechanical dolls dressed in long satin dresses, twirling around as we watched. I haven't thought of that in years.

[@sunnasmilieu]

Another lovely calendar door to enjoy in the morning!

[@andrewflashchannelgibbs5384]

Being away from home I miss a good “mooch” around the charity shops. Thanks for the walkabout. 🎅

[@angelanewman5566]

Love Bridport - thanks for the tour.

[@Sybil_Detard]

Thank you, but I must confess I tend to appreciate the wrong things. I'm afraid I was distracted by the old architecture, bullseye glass and tile work.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Those don't seem especially wrong things to me!

[@KarenBowers4]

Wow so many charity shops I'd never get out of town. I think I loved the wreath made with sewing threads and the simple white cutouts of houses and trees best. Very festive.

[@bangkokkaren6915]

I really enjoyed looking at the Christmas displays. A very nice walk.

[@illiteratebeef]

That was really fun 'walking along' with you on gooogle street view down the high street of a tiny town I've never head of halfway around the world.

[@blbmnm5939]

gotta like the reflections of ms. jenny carrying like 3+ bags in the shop windows while mr. shrimp is gesticulating away with his free hand ;)

[@johanneswerner1140]

We did window shopping, along with a new front door. 😉 They will actually be installed still this year.

[@Skynaria]

Aw, I love your advent calendar!!! Thank you for making this.

[@SuzanneEvans99]

Thanks for these daily Christmas uploads I'm loving them and finding them a real treat at what can be a stressful and busy time of the year 🙂❤️

[@SophieRoses]

What a cute town! I'm loving this advent calendar series!

[@muttersmenu2422]

It is the time of the year 🎄❄️ Love the windows, zero expense as you pack the decorations away for the next silly season😊 Wonderful effort and nice video 👍🇦🇺

[@paadoxal]

absolutely love the hats the two of you have in this video, i made a crochet hat a while back with yarn similar to the one jenny is wearing

[@notsonominal]

Thanks for taking us along!

[@justjet]

Loved all the small shops. What a lovely way to spend the day!

[@WebLogin.]

I’m looking forward to these now. Great job :).

[@SilverDragonJay]

So much I am impressed with your ability to walk out into the world, point at things and talk to a camera. I feel embarassed just taking photos of things. I'm glad there is _someone_ out there ready and willing to document things from the wonderful to the mundane, with special foccus on the wonderfully mundane. I, for my part, will be working on killing that part of me that is embarassed to be taking photos of things I find interesting in public.

[@samhenwood5746]

Merry Christmas & Love the new woolly hat 🧢🧶So thank you for another brilliant video 🎅🎄

[@chasonlapointe]

What a nice window shop. Thanks for taking us with you!

[@sonsiehollingsworth5342]

I absolutely LOVE looking thru thrift shops ; my home is outfitted almost entirely from them 😍 Your episode today made it feel more like the holiday season for me ..... thank you ❤ Hello to Jenny and Eva !!! I hope Eva got a good treat when you got home 😊

[@Terrelli9]

I look forward to this advent calendar more than my Cadbury Heroes one. Such a great idea!

[@soulieobelissevan]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The hat scene!!!! Brilliant xoxox

[@Laltoots677]

Love this thank you shrimp!

[@Grijsduif]

I had to smile, I love windowsopping a lot with everything decorated for christmas. A few years a go we visited London just to look at the shops and visited musea, ofcourse too. ❤

[@Woeschhuesli]

Lots of interesting and attractively decorated shops! It did strike me that the themes were pretty much all winter (or as we imagine winter should be, with snow), rather than Christmas.

[@silva7493]

Boy, Bridgeport is charming!! Thank you for another fine way to start the day.

[@annawilliams7650]

Normally I would just walk past these shops and not take in all the details. Love the way you take the time to appreciate them, very mindful (very demure I dare say).

[@Picklelil]

This was lovely. I dislike shopping at christmas time due to all the extra people but I do love decorations! Also inspired to look into making rag wreaths/garlands next year!

[@sandra127100]

Fabric and craft stores, bulk refill, tons of charity shops, pet shop, and almost all independent shops. What I’d give for a high street like that! Or a high street in general! 😅 I did (with love, mind you) laugh a bit a the store display descriptions!

[@christinehart6430]

Wow you have a very large High street. Thank you for sharing the festivities. X

[@deejayk5939]

I want to go shopping there,all the shops look interesting, so much better than going to a mall!

[@lunacat4136]

It was lovely having a wander around the town while having my sunday breakfast.

[@FrauDrDerWoche]

I loved this video! You remind me so much of my late dad. He also loved going around town and do a little windowshopping. 😊

[@RockyP77]

You've set a precedence.... I hope we can expect this every year. What a wonderful way to start my day. Thank you!

[@lizadams7662]

I enjoyed the street reflections as much as what I was supposed to be seeing! A social history there.

[@tduncan4875]

Shrimp, I have thoroughly enjoyed these advent videos, they have been a joy to open every day. I hope you have not suffered from the process and can enjoy your Christmas.. All the best

[@mRhea]

what a cool idea this video is like documenting irl ephemera

[@paulcooper8818]

Very nice to watch.The milliner 's display was very pretty

[@terribaker6913]

The Firefly reference... Chef's kiss!

[@andrewcoates6641]

As a Yorkshireman, who rarely travels to the south of our country, I was struck by how diverse the commercial area was but the high street did seem to be swamped with charity shops, not that I have anything against such establishments or their aims to raise not just financial support, for their charities but awareness of how the money raised is utilised by the community. From my limited knowledge about Bridport, I have always imagined that there would be several tea shops decorated with Gingham curtains and lots of chintz so I enjoyed your little stroll around the town. I am curious however about the apparent lack of small food stores. I would have presumed that there would have been many more purveyors of groceries and butchers and bakers,with perhaps a couple of the major supermarket brands tucked away from the high street in one of the ubiquitous industrial parks that are everywhere these days.

[@AtomicShrimp]

There are a fair few food stores; off the top of my head, two butchers, two bakeries, a couple of patisseries, a greengrocer and a lot of cafes and small restaurants (not all of them featured in the video, since for example the butcher didn't have the window dressed for Christmas in particular). All in all, it seems to be a really thriving town centre.

[@andrewcoates6641]

@ It’s a shame that the butchers haven’t put on a good display of their work, I always like to take a few minutes having a gander at a butcher’s shop window especially if they trade in specialty goods like game and pies. If there’s a good looking pie in the window I am always happy to purchase a pie for my tea.

[@MrDannyDetail]

@@andrewcoates6641 It's quite hard for any shops that sell open food to have a Xmas display and still adhere to food safety rules. That's why the bakery window we saw was minimalist (and, unless the bread in the window was for display purposes only they technically shouldn't have had tinsel near open bread, in case the tinsel sheds).

[@bethenecampbell6463]

Love your new hat! Lunch looked delicious. It's interesting to see what all the shops did to display their wares. The charity shops seemed to be encouraging people to look for party togs within.

[@KerrikkiLurgan]

Thank you for your Christmas window shopping. I used to do that as a child, and occasionally since. But most of our shops are in malls now and it is not the same as walking the streets. If there was a voting on the displays, I would vote for the first estate shop. Moving into a new house and starting a new home at the beginning of a new year s a life affirming event. Christmas moving is a difficult thing, but very rewarding.

[@Durbanmikey]

I'm lucky enough to live close to this town (Bridport) often ride my motorcycle to have a coffee and watch the world go by. Love these videos!

[@dianefields6056]

I did like the wreath of cotton reels. It looked like they could have been old wooden ones. And that patchwork cushion was gorgeous, with its plumped up sections.

[@Dinki-Di]

Lovely window shopping wander… surpassed only by that delectable cheese pull. Am off to raid the fridge now 😂

[@wynnelewis5698]

What a lovely hight street, It harks back to other times

[@waddo_jr]

An idea for next year's advent calendar - a DIY bobbin Christmas wreath using leftovers from all Jenny's amazing sewing projects!

[@__-bk6mm]

Thank you for these Mike 😃

[@LisaBright15]

Oh my goodness! Christmas window shopping was my suggestion! 😂🎉🎄 🎁 ❄️

[@johannalong473]

Love the hat and the shopping street. I live in Kettering, Ohio, US and we don’t have a main street. A mall isn’t the same.

[@juanitatabe7472]

I loved seeing your towns shopping street with their Christmas displays. I like looking at everyone’s different decorations and ideas. Walked up Singapores orchard Road while their a couple of weeks ago to see and enjoy their Christmas decorations.

[@hattyburrow716]

Excellent

[@thriceandonce]

Oh well this is a far more entertaining variant of window shopping than just looking at a bunch of things you won't buy!

[@paadoxal]

happy sunday friends

[@DLC-sy7pp]

Nice to see the shops putting in some effort for the Christmas season. Also looking busy and not full of closed down shops like here in the Manchester area.

[@vincentcleaver1925]

'pretty cunning' I love 💖 you, man... Merry Christmas and atomic bearhugz!!!

[@HMSTR1995]

Thanks for the reminder to do a rewatch of Firefly. Nice hat!

[@andrewbeasley]

Very pleasant wonder thank you for sharing your walk and lunch. Way cheaper then me doing it as I could not just pop in and buy something that took my eye 😂

[@MattiasKesti]

@2:30 An almost-rimshot in the background! That naturally occurring "ba-dum" really needed a follow-up "tish".

[@annellora]

Christmas mood around stores is something special. I wanted to go and look around myself today, sadly I'm sick. This video makes it up for me though, I can experience this special feeling :)

[@SteveAgleron]

Nice one.. thank you.. Merry Xmas.. bah humbug.. x

[@Glory3823]

Nice shops ❤nice town ❤

[@silva7493]

Oh, what fun!!!

[@mightyn8]

That broccoli soup looked so yummy, especially paired with a cheese toasty!

[@iTzClarkiie]

marmite on toast. coffee.. awesome Sunday

[@etaoinshrdlu927]

I was surprised not to see painted windows. In my part of the US that's a common choice for store windows (not chains, generally), sometimes covering most of the window, sometimes decorating in a "frame' so an internal display can be seen.

[@rosemarymee]

Alas, unknown to most people in these islands. Sounds lovely, though!😊

[@christopherlawley1842]

This time next year, some small shops may have taken up the idea.​@@rosemarymee

[@tenthz]

A few had that sort of spray snow with a drawing in it. The art shop had a lovely winter scene, but a bit hard to see on video since it didn't have a solid background behind it.

[@jamesrichardson1326]

Like the "Beanie" Those plate lunches looked yummy. I wish you Jenny, Family and Eva Happy Christmas.