he resplendent Christmas display of dolls and teddy bears in the window of the Asi toy store is a hallmark of the holiday season on Madrid’s Gran Via, one of the Spanish capital’s busiest shopping streets.

This year, there is a farewell notice among the decorations: “Thank you for these 72 years!” it says. Dozens of shoppers stop to take photos for posterity of one of Madrid’s oldest and best-loved stores.