Christmas Icons 2015: Who's your Christmas Icon?

An opportunity to choose and have your photo taken as your Christmas Icon at the Royals Shopping centre - people just popped their head through the relevant hole.

Is Christmas all about the shopping, the panto, or the birth of a baby that brought heaven to earth?

Shoppers were encouraged to share their selfies using the the hash tag @ChristmasStarts or #ChristmasIcons

Here's a selection of the many hundreds of photos that were taken that were shared with us.

Having fun whilst #christmas shopping @royalsshopping #southend 🎄 pic.twitter.com/XNhhgkfB3S

— Theresa Wheeler (@TheresaWheeler_) December 9, 2015

The @royalsshopping staff earlier today enjoying #ChristmasIcons @ChristmasStarts - here until Christmas Eve pic.twitter.com/oSjdLw0AyH

— The Royals Shopping (@royalsshopping) December 20, 2014

@ChristmasStarts #ChristmasIcons here until #Christmas Eve maybe an idea for next years family Christmas photo card 🎅 pic.twitter.com/PxNu4hJA27

— The Royals Shopping (@royalsshopping) December 20, 2014