Miracle on 34th Street (Baltimore)

North side of 34th Street
South side of 34th Street

In Baltimore, Maryland, Miracle on 34th Street is a display of holiday lights that takes place annually on the 700 block of 34th Street (between Chestnut Avenue and Keswick Road in Baltimore's Hampden community. The display, which involves the residents of most of the houses on the block (with three-story rowhouses on the north side of the street and two-story ones with second-floor bay windows on the south side), started in 1947 (the same year that its namesake movie debuted), and takes place between late November and late December.[1] The location becomes a major attraction for visitors from all over the area.[2]

The display prominently features Christmas trees of varying styles, trains, animated figures, Walt Disney cartoon characters, Hanukkah menorahs, artwork, and other various symbols of the holiday season, including a sea of Santas and Frosty the Snowmans.[3]

  1. ^ "34thstreet". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Baltimore's own 'Miracle on 34th Street' light display". The Christian Science Monitor, December 21, 2007; Weiss, Elaine F.
  3. ^ Weiss, Elaine F. (December 21, 2007). "Baltimore's own 'Miracle on 34th Street' light display". The Christian Science Monitor.