20th Century Christmas Shopping

These are photos of those days of physically shopping during Christmastime. Do you miss some of it? Do you still at least go to a mall to experience Christmas sights and sounds? Or are you happy that with a click of your mouse, your shopping is done?
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20th Century Christmas Shopping
Not a war . . . shoppers!
1948 photo of a NYC store after Christmas shoppers have left.
1939 London
Notice the sandbags lined up against the building. This was the first Christmas of World War II in England. The sandbags were supposed to protect the stores against bombs.
Christmas dolls, 1934
A little girl window shopping for her Christmas wish!
The Bishop's Wife
Loretta Young in the 1947 movie - one of the great Christmas movies. Cary Grant was a wonderful angel!
Oh, a Christmas train!
The Brandeis Department Store in 1960's Omaha.
Christmas shoppers, Chicago
Looks like the 1940's - what do you think?
Moments in Time