Merry 'Mr. Bean' Christmas

Here's the season to be jolly ... Christmas is synonymous to shopping. The festivity circulates around family reunion and exchange of gifts and it's no surprise that shopping malls cash in on this with all sorts of fantastic and innovative ideas to attract shoppers.

The Mines shopping complex just outside of Kuala Lumpur CBD decided to go with Mr. Bean to entice shoppers this year.

There has been many themes by leading stores to create the magic of Christmas but this is by far an interesting choice to go with. Many cartoon characters played St. Nick ... bumbling Mr.Bean looks cute.

It was a nice touch to engage the Mini owners club in Malaysia to showcase their prized possession. A classic tribute to these vintage machines.

And among them all, this was the most photographed Mini.

Mr. Bean memorabilia were on sale at the center court and kids were all over them. I got myself a stationery kit with a notebook and drawing block.

The highlight was a 20 minutes musical piece featuring Irma, Mrs. Wicket and the star himself ... Mr. Bean. Not forgetting teddy nicely tucked into his coat. Lovely to get a photo with them.