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...cornucopia of material delights.” And having adopted the pedantic tone of a Just-So story, Will continues in that vein: “Soon there were department stores, those cathedrals of consumption.” America’s progression from the Mayflower to Macy??s to mayhem was, Will suggests, a predestined...
Social backlash against gay marriage has become so pervasive that it even infected the Macy??s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The day before the parade, Harvey Fierstein, the Tony-winning, cross-dressing actor of “Hairspray” fame, wrote an editorial in The New York Times that dared Americans to imagine a jolly and caring Santa who happened to be married to a man. He cast himself as Santa’s gay partner and anticipated riding on Santa’s float in the parade...
...bold and amusing challenge, however, met a fiery rebuff. After public condemnation from Macy??s, Fierstein was hastily moved to his own float, separate from a presumably heterosexual Santa. He was alienated and, left without much public support, issued a feeble apology...
...many Macy??s Thanksgiving Day Parade float rides through Herald Square with unfashionable earmuffs, chapped lips, fake smile, beauty-pageant wave and a runny nose from the cold is enough to permanently ruin a pop diva’s persona—as I have known no diva to benefit from lip-synching in sub zero Manhattan temperatures while accompanied by nerdy high school band and dance team. Nevertheless, stars seem undeterred by the volatility of the holiday consumer base as they continue to market themselves better than most toys on shelves (unless of courses they are promoting...
...Walmart Stores Inc. achieved its biggest single-day sales figure ever, earning $1.43 billion in sales, compared to last year’s 1.25 billion. Macy??s and Bloomingdale’s, along with Dillard’s and Nordstrom, Inc. also reported exceeding their sales expectations...