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"It wouldn&amp;#039;t be the holiday season without the many magical displays created by big-name department stores and specialty boutiques\u2014many of which were not around when this tradition began. The art of window dressing has a long history, with the craft reaching its heyday in the mid-20th century. In 1938, Lord &amp;amp;amp; Taylor daringly eschewed merchandise in their Christmas windows, instead displaying gilded bells that swung in sync to the sound of recorded chiming bells. When air-conditioning first became available, Neiman Marcus filled a copper tubing tree with Freon to frost its branches. During the 1950s Washington, D.C.&amp;#039;s Woodward &amp;amp;amp; Lothrop featured live penguins behind its glass.  The Christmas windows of today are just as magical\u2014if not more enchanting\u2014as those of the past. With inspirations as varied as The Nutcracker ballet, the chefs of the Food Network, and the nonprofit organization Big Brothers Big Sisters, the holiday displays of 2010 bring innovation and creativity to new heights. Click here to see our favorite holiday windows.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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