I grew up in Fall River, Ma. and there was a large department store by the name of R.A. McQuirs (unsure of the spelling) that had a huge train layout every Christmas. While my mom shopped I would go up to the 2nd. floor & watch those trains run, standing there mesmerized. Those were the days when you could let a child go alone in a store without worrying.
That was a yearly event along with going to Taunton Green to look at the Xmas lights, Lasallette Shrine in Attleboro, & finally Edarville R.R. in S. Carver.
