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James Edgar (1843 – 1909) was a businessman who has been credited with being the one who first came up with the idea of dressing up as Santa Claus for Christmas. [1] He started the tradition in 1890 in his Brockton, Massachusetts , department store.
The Liberty Tree District is a historic district encompassing a collection of six mid-scale commercial buildings between the Downtown Crossing area and the Theater District of Boston, Massachusetts. Located at and near the junction of Washington and Essex Streets, it is a well-preserved collection of mid-19th century commercial architecture ...
Theatre District: 85: Monument Square Historic District: Monument Square Historic District: June 2, 1987 : Monument Square: Charlestown: Not to be confused with the Monument Square Historic District (Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts). 86
The Boston Christmas Tree is the City of Boston, Massachusetts' official Christmas tree. A tree has been lit each year since 1941, [1] and since 1971 it has been given to the people of Boston by the people of Nova Scotia in thanks for their assistance after the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The tree is lit in the Boston Common throughout the ...
NORAD updated its map in real time to show Santa's locations on his trip around the world. Santa's progress was shown on a live map on NORAD's website and updates are posted on the agency's ...
Originally called "The Boston Store," it was founded in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1890. After a second devastating fire in less than 20 years, James Edgar, an immigrant from Edinburgh, Scotland, bought out his partner and in a purpose-built, fire-proof building, re-opened the business as Edgar's in Brockton, Massachusetts. [1] Almys logo
It is represented in the Boston City Council by District 2's Ed Flynn. [1] Downtown is bound by the Back Bay, North End, Beacon Hill, and the South End areas. It includes the Government Center and the Financial District. [2] The area that is now Downtown Boston constituted much of the town/city proper prior to the city's dramatic expansion in ...
From left, Rafael de la Fuente and Katie Leclerc feel the magic of Christmas at Bedlam Book Café, 138 Green St., Worcester, in a scene from Hallmark Channel’s “Letters to Santa.”