Two from the past that I miss:
The big Christmas candle wreath thing they used to put on the old Giants Stadium.
They used to put a big "Season's Greetings" light up display in Secuacus at Harmon Meadow Plaza, near where the old Lowes Plaza 6 movie theaer was. It was pretty big and could be easily seen from Route 3.
One that still happens is when the Fortunoff in Paramus on Route 17 puts all the Christmas trees in their windows.
Its $42 this year. Holy inflation!
The tree and wreaths that they put on the tollbooth to make it the HOLLAAD TONNEL
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The giant Santa and displays at Fountains of Wayne
Yes! Loved that!
I haven't lived in Highlands since 2004, but I always loved how Twin Lights had a lit tree in one tower.
PNC Arts Center lights show, even when you don’t go just seeing it from the GSP
The lights at Elvis's house in Mahwah.
Santa arriving by helicopter in Nutley on Black Friday
The telephone-pole decorations on Boulevard in Kenilworth. You know the ones—candy canes and snowflakes attached up at the top of the pole. A lot more towns used to do them, but as the years went on, more and more stopped. Kenilworth kept putting them up, though. They’re so small-town charming!
When Costco and Home Depot put out the artificial Christmas trees… in August.
The giant menorahs everywhere, even by the Lincoln tunnel
I always liked when they put the presents on top of the Lily Tulip cup in Holmdel (now a strip mall).
I still like the decorated earth moving equipment in front of Foley In Piscataway.
The old Apollo Flags (and cards) in the Channel Lumber Plaza in Totowa would put one GIANT light-up decoration that you would walk through to get into the store. It used to be a snowman and then it was a Christmas Tree I think. It spanned the whole front of the store and you would walk through it to get into the store.
Now that I think about it, I can't remember if the Harmon Meadow lights said "Season's Greetings" or "Peace on Earth".
Driving through Haddonfield at night during the holidays feels like a fairy tale!
When the DOT message signs that tell you to slow down/pay attention start making winter/Christmas jokes
for example: "HO HO HO DRIVE SLOW SLOW SLOW"
Can we stop all of the “remember the reason for the season” billboards? Most of us know our history and also understand capitalism….
The giant ornaments are put outside the garden state plaza.
SiriusXM just turned on it’s holiday music channels on Tuesday
When the supermarket goes from Halloween to Christmas on October 24th. Magical. /s
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