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Behind the Beard – Washington Square Santa

by Radio Gretchen

Washington Square has long reigned as Oregon’s premier shopping center. It says so right on their website — and who am I to argue with that? So it would only stand to reason that Oregon’s premier shopping center would also have Oregon’s premier shopping center Santa, right? I know someone who would agree with that [...]

12.17.2009 See the rest → 4 comments

Portland Shopping Mall Santas – A Comparative Study

by Radio Gretchen

I did not believe in Santa when I was a little girl. For some inexplicable reason, my parents told my brothers and me that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. We did not hang our stockings by the chimney with care. We did not write letters to or leave cookies for the Jolly [...]

12.07.2009 See the rest →

‘Tis Downtown Portland

by PAgent

Unless you’ve been purposefully avoiding downtown, you should have noticed that the Christmas…er…”holiday” lights have been up for a while already. Just recently some little conifers in wooden planters appeared along the sidewalks, each one outfitted with a string of lights and a HUGE white solar panel to power them (huzzah – festive AND green). [...]

11.12.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas….

by Dieselboi

photo.jpg Originally uploaded by dieselboi Yep, it is that time of the year again. Pull out those credit cards you had stashed in the freezer for emergencies – it is Christmas shopping season! I haven’t been shopping much at the big stores lately, so don’t know if this is the first spotting of Christmasness, but [...]

09.22.2008 See the rest → 8 comments