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Bloomingdale’s Tries to Keep Covid From Stealing Christmas
The pandemic disrupted the department store’s annual holiday plans, forcing it to go big online. But don’t worry: The store will be decorated, too.
Bloomingdale's flagship department store prepares for the holiday season in New York.
Photographer: Nina Westervelt/BloombergCovid-19, destroyer of holiday traditions, has come for the Bloomingdale’s little brown bear.
The Gund collectible, updated every winter for two decades, is missing from the department store’s seasonal lineup this year. Gone, too, are chocolates to sample in the gift shop, an in-person window reveal event and beauty-counter trials of cocktail-party looks.