Delores Colton thegazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Store employee stood inside Mary Christmas and chatted with children
Killian’s department store in Cedar Rapids, happy with the success of its Talking Chrismas Tree at Lindale, had another tree made in 1971 for its Mall Shopping Center (later Sycamore Mall) in Iowa City. (Quad-City Times clipping from De. 23, 1971)
The Talking Christmas Tree is ready to greet children in 1966 at the Killian’s department store at Lindale. A store employee stood inside the tree and spoke to families as they approached the store. (Gazette archives)
Tara Johnson, 10, of Cedar Rapids, gazes at the Talking Christmas Tree in November 1987, when it was on the skywalk next to Breon’s women’s clothing store in the Armstrong Building is downtown Cedar Rapids. (Gazette archives)