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- “Penguin With Coveted Holiday Gift.,†as this one's known, is inspired by a bag from 1992.
- “Christmas at the Dawn of a New Era,†which stars an astronaut Santa, was inspired by a 1982 bag.
- This display was based on 1978 bag depicting Santa and friends ice skating on the East River.
- Based on a 1983 bag, this window shows a French skater ransacking the Bloomingdake's shoe salon, looking for jeweled ice skates.
- In “Fairytale World of the Holidays,†based on a 1981 bag, Santa's sleigh pulls a gingerbread castle for Mrs. Claus.
- A close-up look at Mrs. Claus's gingerbread house