CHICAGO — Two-and-a-half-dozen moving Christmas window display figures from the historic Chicago retailer, Marshall Field’s, are now up for auction. Potter & Potter Auctions is now live with 30 of the ...

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It’s been nearly 20 years since anyone bought anything at a Marshall Field’s store, but the retailer still lives large in the Chicago area conscience. The department store founded in the late 1800s ...

In 1937, Lazarus took its holiday displays beyond its windows and began decorating the building exterior with 2,000 feet of neon tubing lighting.

The mechanically powered holiday scenes that once filled department-store windows in Canada are still humming. Here’s where to find them. By Ian Austen Decades ago in many Canadian cities, Christmas ...

Rike’s department store was known for its decorations and activity around Christmastime. Many Daytonians may remember being enthralled by the animated store windows around the holidays. The iconic ...

Robin’s Christmas Corner is back with thousands more village pieces, free activities and visits from Santa, Mrs. Claus and ...

Beneath the Salvation Army bonnet, the woman’s cheeks are too pink — as if she needs to come in out of the State Street cold. And her blue eyes express the pleading weariness of someone whose work ...