PHOTOS: A look back at Christmas time in Northeast Ohio over the years
Women, members of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Junior Council, take part in the Cleveland Press Christmas Caroling program inside the Museum. (1964)Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
Downtown's Largest Christmas Tree - 21 stories tall - decorates the face of the Erieview Tower. The simulated tree, outlined by more than 400 lights, has a twinkling eight-story cross in its center. A giant 36-foot Santa Claus also adds to the display furnished by the Turner Construction Co. and the Hartfield Electric Co. (1963)
Shaker Square decorated for Christmas ( 1930).
Winter scene of Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. (1977)Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
Crowd waiting for the floats to go by in the Cleveland Christmas Parade.Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
Two children standing on chairs at balcony level, overlooking Sterling-Lindner-Davis lobby, with Christmas tree in background.Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
Erieview Plaza skating rink.Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
Davey Tree Expert Company employees haul a 73-foot pine tree slated to be set-up in the atrium of the Sterling-Lindner-Davis department store at 1215 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio.Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
"Christmas Tree in the Old Arcade."Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
A man stands next to an old bobsled, which now serves as a stand for a Christmas tree farm, at the county fair.Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
"Tree in Terminal lobby -- Higbee's 50-foot Christmas tree in the Terminal foyer entrance to the store was brilliantly decorated for the open house. The tree drinks 50 gallons of water a day and actually is growing as it stands there.
Photo by: The Cleveland Memory Project
First Christmas Tree on Public Square. In the background is Soldiers and Sailors Statue. The Tree is across the street from the May Company. (1968)