In 2018, Holt Renfrew donated to the The McCord Stewart Museum the two Christmas displays that had appeared in the windows of Ogilvy’s, the Montreal department store it now owns, for 70 years.

The display by Kelli & Craig Rogers has a very "old school" feel, reminiscent of department store window displays. There are a lot of tiny details that make the display one of a kind.

A changing retail landscape means closures and consolidations. But families still treasure traditions such as light shows, window displays and more.

The displays often combine the store's haute couture with Cerda's handmade props. Pastel blouses and dresses by L'Agence paired with Fiesta-colored replicas of the Rose Window at Mission San José.

For generations, downtown Rochester was the spot to visit during the Christmas season, where families' fawned over elaborate window displays at Sibley's Department store and visited Sibley's ...

Department Store: 1946 Well-dressed children watch toys in the shop window of a department store displaying Christmas decorations on December 11, 1946.

The Ghost of Retail Past would tell you Macy’s was the first store to come up with a Christmas window display back in December of 1874. And even though the department store itself is not what it ...

An iconic East Aurora store featured in at least five holiday movies is displaying props and costumes from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".

This year’s iconic displays bring the immersive and stylized Macy’s Gift Guide world to life, showcasing all the ways the store helps customers “Give Love” this holiday.

Fifth Avenue is known for its elaborate store windows during the holiday season. The displays are unveiled right before Thanksgiving but the preparations can begin as early as February. We ranked ...

This year’s displays include tens of thousands of rhinestones, retired taxis and a “Wicked”-themed forest menagerie.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Are holiday department store displays becoming a ghost of Christmas past? The Higginson family waits for the Holiday Light Show at Macy's in ...