A minor mystery of American culture has been the public's enduring fascination with department store windows, especially at holiday time. Though computer-generated images can whoosh us to exotic ...

Manhattan is merry and bright! New York City’s department stores have decked the halls for the holiday season, with their window displays spreading joy to New Yorkers and visitors alike. “The holiday ...

Checking out the department store windows as the holidays rolled around used to be a tradition in St. Louis and other cities. The old ritual has mostly faded away, but we can look back at St. Louisans ...

In Sandusky, cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future in 12 animated store windows scattered across the city's downtown historic district.

One of my fondest childhood memories is of my family’s annual holiday trip to St. Louis to see the department store windows. I was transfixed by the corner window at Famous-Barr, where model trains ...

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 ...