What store did you do your Christmas shopping at that is no longer in business. We went to Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh. I

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39. Famous Barr. May's bought them out, but I sure enjoyed the old style department store shopping at Famous Barr,

their main store was just a few blocks away from my work location, and I loved going there, if anything, during my 15 or 30 minute breaks. The store was just like those old original dept stores we all see on those old Xmas shows. I still miss them, and I still have friends that worked there, still moaning about them (FB) cutting their benefits and such. Such a shame. Walmart's didn't do a good number on those old dept store outlets.

Oh well, we can all dream still, of someone actually bringing back an old dept chain back (not all of the branches, just a couple of the stores) so some of us can still go and go shop old time wise, enjoy some of the old quirks and such that were at the old store. The FB downtown STLMO had its model trains running in some of the window displays, so neat to watch.