http://www.joy-of-christmas.com "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:04:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/christmas-news/macys-christmas-displays-a-pt-barnum-invention.html http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/christmas-news/macys-christmas-displays-a-pt-barnum-invention.html#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:45:01 +0000 Santa Claus' Helper http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/?p=1548 when PT Barnum and Macy met each other in 1860s it was Barnum who suggested Macy to take out the special collection of toys around Christmastime and put them in the store's window displays instead. Macy followed up on the idea and we'll know the result. I went in 1924 the Thanksgiving parade started, the tradition only got bigger and better.]]> http://www.joy-of-christmas.com/christmas-news/macys-christmas-displays-a-pt-barnum-invention.html/feed 0