THANKSGIVING NIGHT 1954 In the time before shopping centers and the suburban exodus, Thanksgiving night was a magical time, for, at dusk, the Christmas lights were turned on Uptown. People drove from miles around to get in line and slowly move under the canopy of lights as everyone "oohed" and "aahed." It was officially the Christmas season! (This photograph was taken in the 200th block of West Main Avenue looking east. Leon Schneider Department Store's radio jingle began, "Let's go to Schneider's; buy the family's clothes at Schneider's; two-thirty-three West Main Av-e-nue, in the mid-dle of the block!) Take a drive east on Main Avenue during this Christmas season...and remember.Click here for more Christmas scenes Uptown.
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