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[happilyretiredgirl]

@Mersha   The can of Campbell's Soup gave me a good laugh. I bet your Grandpa enjoyed it and probably enjoyed just having time alone and not having to go shopping.🥰🥫🫕

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@frenchie    I also remember seeing the animated Christmas display at Jordan Marsh in Boston. It was so magical to see all the stores so beautifully decorated for Christmas.

  When my first daughter was a toddler, we took her to see the display at Jordan Marsh. Later, all those displays were moved to the Northshore Shopping Center in Peabody, MA. They were starting to look a little worn out.

  In recent years, those original Jordan Marsh displays were aquired by Jordan's Furniture in Avon, MA. (No affiliation with Jordan Marsh).

  Everything has been renovated and is on display at the furniture store. They also bake and sell the original recipe, famous Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins. They have an ice skating rink there too. It seems like it would be great family fun.

 We have never gone there, since my children are all grown up.

They did get to see the displays when they were at the shopping mall.

[CarolinaGirl88]

So beautiful and nostalgic. I would love to have it as a framed piece of art! 

[CarolinaGirl88]

@happilyretiredgirl You brought back a great memory for me! My grandpa was an Allstate insurance agent and his office was in a section of a Sears store (no clue why ). Anyway, this was where we went to see Santa every year. I remember thinking that my grandpa must have been friends with Santa since he came to his place of business every Christmas! 

[Mersha]

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@happilyretiredgirl wrote:

@Mersha   The can of Campbell's Soup gave me a good laugh. I bet your Grandpa enjoyed it and probably enjoyed just having time alone and not having to go shopping.🥰🥫🫕

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@happilyretiredgirl  You are so right!  I thought, at the time, he would be sad because he was missing all the fun.

He was probably at home thrilled that both of us would be gone for hours.

[Grand Happy]

The closest we get to times like this is in Grass Valley California during Cornish Christmas. We were just there Friday. It's everything like past Christmases. Carolers, Santa and Mrs claus, hot cocoa, vendors selling hand crafted items walking on cobble stone street etc. Small shops with unique items and also hand crafted gifts from locals. Maybe next year it'll snow a little bit.

[Desertdi]

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@CarolinaGirl88 wrote:

@happilyretiredgirl You brought back a great memory for me! My grandpa was an Allstate insurance agent and his office was in a section of a Sears store (no clue why ). Anyway, this was where we went to see Santa every year. I remember thinking that my grandpa must have been friends with Santa since he came to his place of business every Christmas! 

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@CarolinaGirl88 

In it's early days, Allstate was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears.   (I worked for Allstate, and got a 10% discount at Sears.)    di

[CarolinaGirl88]

@Desertdi  I see. Makes sense; thank you!