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"Christmas comes early for Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York. By the time holiday shoppers storm the store, he&amp;#039;s already planning next year&amp;#039;s windows. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a wonderfully prolific and ephemeral form of expression,&amp;quot; Doonan says of his legendary installations, which have included a Margaret Thatcher dummy done up as a dominatrix and tributes to Madonna. This year&amp;#039;s yuletide displays celebrate the humor and high points of 35 years of Saturday Night Live. &amp;quot;It has been a grim year,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Why not explore the idea of wit?&amp;quot; And few are better equipped to do so. Doonan pens a cheeky column for The New York Observer, and his colorful memoir Nasty was adapted into the hit British television series Beautiful People. His irreverent spirit finds ample outlets, be they sartorial (his trademark floral button-downs) or athletic (postprandial Ping-Pong). But not decorating. &amp;quot;Everything I do gets vetoed,&amp;quot; he says, alluding to his husband, designer Jonathan Adler. &amp;quot;Left up to me,&amp;quot; Doonan freely admits, &amp;quot;our places would get too freaky.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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