she sprinted for the double doors , maneuvered around a group of women with strollers , nearly collided with a woman giving out free samples of some sort of anti-wrinkle skin product , and finally saw santa land at the end of the corridor , a vision of giant candy canes , fake snowdrifts , a gingerbread house , and an unoccupied golden throne with a mural of santa , mrs. claus , and his eight tiny reindeer above it .