An online article published by Canada.com gives a bit of history on the department store Santa Claus phenomenon. Interestingly, Saint John historian David Goss is quoted, and apparently, (for those who remember or know about) MRA's had the first department store Santa in Canada.
Santa's first store appearance in Canada was at Saint John department store Manchester Robertson Allison in 1887, and his arrival caused such an uproar the police had to be called to disperse the crowd.
Now, I wish I could take credit for this image of
Santa rockin his Elvis Costello specs, but it's a Flickr find.
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