On 12/14/2015 11:20 AM, KenK wrote:
When I was a little kid, back in the late 30s and early 40s in Chicago, my
parents would take me downtown to the Loop shopping district and we'd look
at all the extra-carefully elaborately decorated fascinating store windows.
A high point in my Christmas season!

Now, in these days of shopping malls and the like, I wonder if any stores
in any cities still do this? And if they do, if families still go to see
them? There is nothing like this in my small city.



Nothing in our town, but few retailers left.

When I lived in a middle class section of Philadelphia, there were a
couple of main streets were lined with retailers. They would decorate
for Halloween, Christmas and major holidays. That stopped in the late
60's or so when the malls became popular..