Following a restoration, the historic 14-foot Livingston Santas will be displayed in Bloomington and Normal after being in storage for nearly 30 years.
One Santa will be displayed in Uptown Normal near the Children’s Discovery Museum, and the other will be displayed in Downtown Bloomington on the McLean County Museum of History square.
History
The Livingston Santas were displayed on top of Livingston’s Department Store in downtown Bloomington from the late 1930s to 1979.
“These Santas would go up every year, and that was the kickoff of the holiday season in Bloomington-Normal and McLean County. It wasn’t Christmas until the Livingston Santas went up,” said McLean County Museum of History development director Norris Porter…