@SantaFe158 posted:I figured it's time to make a post in regards to this year's Redford Theatre Christmas display, or the lack thereof. As many know, I have been constructing an increasingly elaborate Christmas train and village display at the Redford Theatre in Detroit, MI for about the past 10 years. This past weekend, our theater hosted its first movie inside the building since we shut down in March due to Covid with a full house at our current reduced capacity. We had a couple of reasonably successful outdoor shows in our parking lot to keep some cash coming in before then. During our discussions about the reopening of the building, I began pondering the feasibility of this years display and decided that it's going to be the first year I've had a "break" from doing the layout since I took over the task way back in 2011. Between difficulty staffing the theater's normal volunteer positions, the ability to route patrons through for viewing a layout with social distancing, and also the fact that I'm moving to a new apartment during the time that I'd normally be building the layout while also working full time, it just seemed like a good year to take a breath and prepare for next years display.
All that said, depending on how my move goes, this will likely be the first year that I'll have a somewhat more elaborate home layout for the holidays since much of my village and train collections are usually in service on the theater display between December and the end of February.
My son manages a theater. Unfortunately without any new release worth mentioning they shut down again after opening for about a month and a half. They just can't get butts in the seat when everything is streaming or being held back.
I always looked forward to your posts on the display. Have a nice break but we expects some helix's, running water, lift bridges, and the whole shebang next year. LOL!
