Woolworth's

I was flipping through Martha Stewart's magazine the other day and saw the article on the National Christmas Museum in Paradise, Pennsylvania. It's a 20,000 square-foot building dedicated to nothing but Christmas. Inside this building is a replica of an F.W. Woolworth store, created by Jim Morrison. Morrison remembers buying three toy houses at Woolworth's for a quarter in December of 1947. He also recalls the red storefront and just how magical it all was. It took Morrison a decade to hunt down vintage holiday merchandise in its original packaging. In order to provide a glimpse into the era, Morrison filled genuine early 20th- century Woolworth display cases with candies in jingle bells, old-fashioned outdoor string lights, and dozens of toy houses.