FOX 9 first met Pihaly three years ago, when he built a Santa's Village using nine animatronic characters from the old ...

For many Minnesotans the Christmas shows at Dayton’s department store were a staple of their holiday season. Now, a homeowner ...

For decades, families flocked to the eighth-floor auditorium of Dayton's in downtown Minneapolis for its famous holiday ...

When the sun went down on Black Friday and stores began to close, the businesses of downtown Dayton kept their stores open ...

Sadly, that tradition ended nearly a decade ago when the department store closed. But now, some of the Dayton’s elves have a new ... it runs nightly through Christmas from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m ...