Santa Won’t Make A Stop At Macy’s This Year For The First Time In 159 Years

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 24: Santa Claus proceeds down 6th Av, during the 90th Macy’s Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 24, 2016 in New York City. Security was tight in New York City on Thursday for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after ISIS called supporters in the West to use rented trucks in attacks as similar as the ones operated in France this summer where at least 86 people were killed.(Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

The holidays are certainly going to feel different in 2020 and this just sealed the deal. Macy’s just announced that Santa will not be coming to their New York City flagship store for the first time in 159 years due to the coronavirus.

Santa meet-and-greets at Macy’s won’t be happening this year because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the store is creating an interactive virtual experience. https://t.co/OwSLFap5mz

— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2020

Instead, Macy’s is creating a virtual experience for kids to have Santa right in their own homes. The all new virtual experience is called “Santaland”.