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BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY WINDOW DISPLAYS AROUND NEW YORK CITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS PART 2!!!

Bloomingdales Holiday Window Displays    Bloomingdale's Holiday Window Displays are playful and family friendly and typically unveiled in late November/early December.          Lord & Taylor Holiday Window Displays    Every year Lord & Taylor features classic holiday window displays along Fifth Avenue.  Lord & Taylor Window Displays are typically unveiled in late November.        This is just a small sample of what these magical holiday window displays look like.  They start putting together ideas and concepts for the next year, right after the displays are put up.  They take all year to go from a concept to reality.  There are companies that specialize just doing holiday window displays.    Every December HGTV has a holiday special program on these holiday window displays.     They are not only in New York City, They can be found in almost all of the major cities throughout the United States.  If you get a chance watch the HGTV tv special it's ver

BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY WINDOW DISPLAYS AROUND NEW YORK CITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS, PART 1!!!

   Window shopping takes on a whole new meaning, as Manhattan's most celebrated department stores get set to unveil their annual Holiday Windows.  From Macy's and Lord & Taylor to Bloomingdale's and Barney's.  Christmas in New York City would not be complete without a visit to these wonderful windows decorated for the holidays. These are some of the Holiday Windows, through the years. Macy's Department Store Holiday Window Displays    Macy's Holiday Window Displays are typically unveiled in early November.  Each year Macy's has windows depicting scenes from Miracle on 34th Street and a second set ow windows with a changing holiday theme.       Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Window Displays    Sak's Window Displays are unveiled in late November.  Saks Fifth Avenue's holiday window displays are a great choice for visitors with children, because they are often designed around a seasonal book for children, and feature playful animations.  Saks

A COLORFUL HISTORY AND A LITTLE TASTE OF JELLY BEANS!!

   You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jellybeans, at least according to the widely quoted logic of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.    Reagan was so enamored of Jellybeans that he maintained a year round supply in the Oval Office and a perpetual stash on Air Force One, displayed in a special turbulence proof container.  He even launched them into space, in 1983, when he ordered that they be sowed as a presidential surprise on the space shuttle Challenger, for the amusement of the astronauts.    Reagan's conclusion about the personalities of fellow jellybean aficionados may or may not prove true.  Still, it appears obvious that Americans have a considerable collective craving for the clever creation.  These days it would hardly be a holiday without jellybeans.  George Clooney jelly bean art     The exact origin of the jellybean is somewhat foggy likely lost to time and a lack of permanent record keeping methods.  Most historians, how