With Public Square all done up and Nela Park’s light display dazzling audiences once again, let’s take a look at how Cleveland has decorated for and celebrated Christmas through the years, including parades, department store displays and more. It’s all nostalgia. It’s all peace and love.
Christmas trees at Nela Park, 1941Christmas display at Parmatown Shopping Center, 1979Nela Park Christmas display, 1954Nela Park Christmas display, 1928Nela Park Christmas display, 1957Cleveland State University Christmas tree display, 1972Nela Park Christmas display, 1954Christmas tree in main lobby, Sterling-Lindner-Davis, 1960Nela Park Christmas display, 1928Nela Park Christmas display, 1954Christmas display train at Parmatown Shopping Center, 1979 Credit: Cleveland Memory ProjectNela Park Christmas display, 1951Nela Park Christmas display, 1980Shaker Square Christmas tree lighting, 1955Balloon character in Cleveland Christmas parade, 1950Christmas trees at Public Square, 1949Santa on Cleveland Christmas parade float, 1934Nela Park Christmas display, 1950Crowd watching Christmas parade, 1955East Cleveland home decorated with Christmas lights, 1945Christmas Parade, 1965East 4th Street and Euclid Avenue, 1966Christmas parade, 1964Christmas tree at Public Square, 1968Christmas tree on Playhouse Square, 1934Christmas tree at Public Square, 1973Christmas tree at Public Square, 1920sChristmas tree at Public Square, 1936Christmas lights at Shaker Square, 1950Christmas party at Tremont Community Center, 1964Elephant and floats in Cleveland Christmas parade, 1963Snow White with the Seven Dwarfs big head balloons in Cleveland Christmas parade, 1970Crowd watching the parade, 1951Christmas time at Public Square, 1940Santa Claus waving to the crowd, 1965Giant train balloon, 1955Santa Claus arrives at the Shaker Square Christmas tree lighting ceremony, 1970Christmas lights at Public Square, 1975Sheep on Public Square, part of Christmas display, 1954Downtown Halle’s Christmas window, 1967Christmas display in William Taylor Department Store, 1958Christmas tree in Sterling-Lindner-Davis lobbyEloise celebratres Christmas at the Plaza, Sterling Lindner Davis, 1958Christmas decorations along Euclid Ave., 1979Christmas tree decorations along Superior Avenue, 1975Christmas tree at Public Square, 1966Christmas decorations at William Taylor Department Store, 1960Christmas time at The Higbee Company, 1950sChristmas decorations at Shaker Square, 1959Christmas tree and skating at Erieview Plaza, 1965Skaters in front of Erieview Plaza’s Christmas tree, 1965Erieview Plaza’s Christmas tree, 1965Christmas decorations at Stouffers, 1955Halle’s Christmas display, 1977Higbee’s 50-foot Christmas tree in Terminal Tower lobby, 1968Santa Claus float, 1937Santa Claus waving to children from his parade float, 1964Camels being led in parade, 1969Christmas lights downtown Cleveland, 1980Christmas decorations at Public Square, 1966Halle’s downtown Christmas display window, 1980Christmas decorations in Public Square, 1966Terminal Tower lighting for Christmas, 1938Public Square decorated for Christmas, 1963Public Square lighting for Christmas, 1942Public Square decorated for Christmas, 1952Public Square decorated for Christmas, 1959Toy soldier Christmas decoration, Halle’s, 1953Christmas decorations downtown Public Square, 1952Christmas decorations at the Illuminating Co., 1959Cleveland Christmas parade, E. 6th. & Euclid, 1955Christmas at Dunham Tavern Museum, 1956Christmas tree in The Arcade, 1978Elevated castle among Christmas decorations at Halle’s, 1959Christmas lights on ships, 1949Christmas decorations on Erieview Tower, 1963Christmas shoppers, Higbee’s, 1973Crowd at Shaker Square, 1965Sherwin-Williams Euclid branch decorated for Christmas, 1946Christmas decorations at Public Square, 1962Christmas decorations at Public Square, 1956Christmastime nativity scene at Public Square, 1963Decorated buildings at Public Square, 1953
