There’s nothing like Christmas in downtown Chicago. Folks are bustling along with their packages, hopefully, some Chicago Cubs gifts! They are stopping in coffee shops and restaurants to get warm, sipping that hot chocolate and talking about the holidays and the new year.
We used to nag our parents during these downtown shopping outings to go to JC Penny’s to see Santa Claus. The JC Santa would be almost on a thrown and kids would line up past the escalators and through the shoe department to see him and make their wish. Santa always heard at least once, but if we were lucky, we could sometimes give Santa our top three.