Santa Claus won't be coming to Macy's this year
Source: AP
By JOSEPH PISANI
NEW YORK (AP) Macys said Santa Claus wont be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.
More than a quarter of a million people come to see Santa at Macys in New York each year, the company said, making it hard to create a safe environment during a pandemic. Before taking a picture with the jolly old man, crowds walk in tight quarters through a maze-like Santaland thats filled with Christmas trees, running toy trains and elves in green costumes.
Santa also wont be showing up at its Chicago and San Francisco stores, which have similar Santalands. But he will still appear at the end of the televised Macys Thanksgiving Day parade, the company said.
With the coronavirus still raging, stores and malls are having to rework their typical holiday strategy, which had been to pack as many people through its doors as possible. Walmart, for example, is holding its Black Friday deals over four weeks, instead of one day.
FILE - Santa Claus waves during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 28, 2019, in New York. Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. However, Macy's said the jolly old man will still appear at the end of the televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
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vollehosen
(130 posts)WaR oN cHrIsTmAs!!!!!1!
Canoe52
(2,948 posts)but to cancel Christmas!
Botany
(70,501 posts)n/t
pandr32
(11,581 posts)...tell them Santa and his elves need to be sure they don't contract the virus because he must not miss his Christmas Eve gig. Also tell them to send him a message with their Xmas wish.
Even Santa and his helpers are taking the pandemic seriously and responsibly.
Initech
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(57,425 posts)Theatrical release poster
Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.
Miracle on 34th Street won three Academy Awards: Gwenn for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Valentine Davies for Best Writing, Original Story, and George Seaton for Best Writing, Screenplay. The film was nominated for Best Picture, losing to Gentleman's Agreement. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Miracle on 34th Street in 2009.
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