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underpants

(182,788 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2020, 08:48 AM Oct 2020

Thanks Trump! No Santa this year 🎅🏻

Santa is skipping Macy's for the first time in 159 years

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/business/santa-macys-coronavirus/index.html

There will be no miracle on 34th Street this year. Santa Claus won't be visiting any Macy's stores in 2020, ending a 159-year holiday season tradition.

The department store's tradition started in 1861, but Santa meet-and-greets won't be happening this year because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, Macy's (M) is creating an interactive virtual experience.

"To replicate the magical experience of visiting Macy's Santaland for children and their families, we will shift to a virtual engagement this year," Susan Tercero, Macy's vice president of Branded Entertainment, said in a press release. It will be available online from November 27 to December 24.