Chuck:
I do remember Freedlanders and Santa Claus. I think I was probably
the kid that cried when on Santa's lap. He must have felt sorry for
me because he always came through with some cool Christmas gifts
(erector sets, tinkertoys, cowboy capguns, Lionel trains, yellow
trucks, marble games, slinkies, sleds, etc.).
Freedlanders was a big deal back then. I remember the long trips
from Dalton to Wooster to go to a big city department store.
Sorry to hear that Freedlanders is soon to be toast.
It's amazing that it lasted so long; most smaller cities have lost
their department stores years ago.
Adios, Freedlanders.
The Weaselmeister
-- In dalton59@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Meier" ...>
wrote:
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> Did anyone ever visit Santa Claus at Freedlanders? If you want to
do it again, you'll have to do it this year because Freedlanders is
closing after the holiday season. There was an article on the Daily
Record website that said that Stanley Gault, who had bought the store
several years ago, found that it was unsustainable and so made the
decision to close it.
>
> The building will be demolished and in its place a
retail/condominium block will be erected.
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> That's the end of an era.
>
> Chuck
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