PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A holiday staple returned to
Portland on Wednesday: Rudolph is back!

The red nose of the iconic “White Stag” sign on the west
end of the Burnside Bridge is always illuminated the day
before Thanksgiving.

The Rose City tradition started back in 1959 as a gift when
“Elizabeth Blair Hirsch suggested it and her husband Harold
S. Hirsch made it happen, adorning the sign for his sportswear
company White Stag,” the city said.

In the 1940s, the sign used to be an ad for "white satin sugar."
It didn’t have the deer logo. Then, the building housed the
"white stag" sportswear company (below).

The sign was named a historic landmark in the 70s. In the 90s
the letter was changed to say "Made in Oregon, Old Town" as
we know it today.

The University of Oregon started leasing space in
the building in 2006 and bought the block in 2015.

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001

On November 29, 2001, English musician and songwriter
George Harrison died of lung cancer that had spread to
his brain at the age of 58.

Harrison achieved global fame as a member of the Beatles
and went on to a successful solo career that included
frequent collaborations with many of the foremost
musicians of his generation.

The youngest member of the Beatles, Harrison was born
in Liverpool in 1943 and joined the group, then known as
the Quarrymen, when he was barely 15.

                   
CAMILLE BOHANNON

The Thanksgiving holiday’s history in North America is rooted in
English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also
has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in
New England occurs well before the late-November date on
which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.       

    
An annual thanksgiving holiday tradition in North American
colonies is documented for the first time in 1619, in what is
now called the Commonwealth of Virginia.  
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
    
   

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe‘s The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth.

The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on
November 27, 1924, in New York City, and was originally
called the Macy’s Christmas Parade.

Organized by Macy’s employees to celebrate the opening
of their new flagship store, the event featured floats,
professional bands, and live animals borrowed from the
Central Park Zoo, concluding with Santa Claus arriving
at Herald Square.

Santa in his Sleigh at the first Macy’s Christmas Parade.