Sure … it’s hokey and my kids have no idea who Julie Andrews is, but the Wannamaker’s(er… I mean Macy’s) Christmas Light Show is a Philadelphia holiday tradition for as long as I can remember. It is so ingrained in our family that my three teenage boys don’t even argue when I say its time to go to Macy’s for the light show — they know it’s gonna happen anyway and they have a lot better shot at a yummy lunch at the Reading Terminal Market or some other adventure in the city if they just grin and bear it. In fact, this year, my 15 year old even asked when we were going. Make this a holiday tradition for your family, too. I may not shop at the Center City Macy’s location, but I can assure you that Macy’s gets more of my suburban department store business because they have chosen to continue to finance this extravaganza from yesteryear.
Lisa M.
Classificação do local: 5 Selden, NY
The Christmas Light show has been a part of my holiday tradition all my life before it was in Macy’s, way back when the store was Wanamakers. It’s rare these days for department stores to be on the grand scale, and this Macy’s doesn’t disappoint. It has the largest playable organ in the world to go along with the holiday lights. Also, the store also has the walkable Charles Dickins A Christmas Carol which was at the old Macy’s, so both Christmas attractions in one place is really special. I highly recommend it, no matter what your age.
Jeff H.
Classificação do local: 5 Margareten, Vienna, Austria
The Christmas Light Show in the Grand Court of Macy’s is a total Philadelphia holiday tradition! For years of course this was the famous John Wanamaker’s Department Store which started this tradition of a light and sound show with thousands of lights dancing high above the Grand Court. And to add to the festivities, before and at the end of the show the Wanamaker Organ — the world’s largest with almost 30,000 pipes — plays Christmas carols. This show is of course pre-computer era and all it’s special effects. Not to worry — it still delights in its retro-way like perhaps a breathtaking computerized special effects and laser program might not do. I think it may be the best free Christmas show in the world. And so often do the thousands of shoppers and visitors who pack the Grand Court several times a day during the Christmas season to see and hear the Christmas Light Show majestically unfold above them!