Holiday shoppers crowd the sidewalks of downtown Seattle between Westlake Mall and Pacific Place. The Nordstroms store occupies the building previously occupied by the Frederick & Nelson department store. The brightly star in the background adorns the former Bon Marche department store, now Macy's. All three stores - Nordstroms, Frederick & Nelson and the Bon Marche - started in Seattle.
The Macy's star started out as a small star atop a tree of lights built and hung from the side of the building. However, each year the tree seemed to get smaller and smaller and the star larger and larger. In 1957 the current star, sans tree, was unveiled. It has lit the downtown retail core each holiday since.
Updated 9/30/11: On September 28, 2011, Bob James, the creator of the holiday star passed away at the age of 90.
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