OPINION: 'Recently, I was talking to the twenty-something child of a friend who, without intending to make me feel 2,000 years old, does so with enormous charm and rather admirable curiosity about life in the last quarter or so of…
Ever notice at this time of year when shopping drives many of us nuts, in an era in which experts have said department stores are dead or dying , so many of the movies we watch for the 270th time involve the magic or just joy of the big department store at Christmas?
People are also reading… Recently, I was talking to the twenty-something child of a friend who, without intending to make me feel 2,000 years old, does so with enormous charm and rather admirable curiosity about life in the last quarter or so of the 20th century. This curiosity extends to the marvel that once was known as the major department store at Christmas.
But I asked this young person if many people would want to watch movies based on people looking like hell while sitting in pajamas and ordering stuff off of devices that they may or not need, want, or find fitting. And would people really want to watch films about delivery people bringing boxes to back doors or apartment offices. Wait. Yes, I know movies have been made about romance and, oh, other matters occurring between delivery people and package recipients.
When asked if I thought department stores could ever recapture the wonders we see in the movies, I said I wasn’t hopeful. If such stores and experiences could return, it will depend on younger generations to decide if such should happen. Though I did say that at that moment, I’d give a lot to be able to shop in the downtown Milwaukee Gimbels store at Christmas one more time.
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