SPOKANE, Wash. - It's the most wonderful time of the year. The hot chocolate is warm, the Christmas carols can be heard on the radio and the historic Crescent window displays are back up.

The Downtown Spokane Partnership recently discovered the Crescent building’s famous Christmas window displays that haven’t seen the light of day in two decades. The historic Davenport Hotel ...

Elisabeth Hooker, marketing and program manager for the Downtown Spokane Partnership ... “Known for its Christmas decorations, the Crescent used extensive lights, window decorations and two ...

In this undated photo of the Crescent Department Store's Christmas window, a sign announces that "Toyland is open," a yearly holiday happening eagerly anticipated by Spokane children. A look down ...

The historic Crescent window displays are back up in downtown ... These displays bring back happy memories of Spokane's Christmas past. Generations are coming back and bringing their grandkids ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The department store Christmas ... staple resided in the Crescent. But then, the store shut down. And ever since, Spokane has been left without iconic windows filled with ...

Viewing the Crescent building’s holiday windows displays was a Spokane tradition for many from the 1950s through the 1980s. Unfortunately, it came to an end decades ago and some pieces haven’t ...

An iconic Spokane tradition has returned. The elaborate Christmas window displays from the old Crescent department store are on display. The animated windows bring a bit of nostalgia to downtown ...

Despite the legendary history of festive Christmas decorating ... the first year the Downtown Spokane Partnership helped revitalize the Crescent's animated window displays there.

Spokane, like other cities, lost those traditional windows over the years ... until this year. "A Crescent box under the Christmas tree was always something special," says Kathy Villemure.