Okay, I'm a bit of a holiday Scrooge. When I can, I do my mandatory seasonal shopping online rather than face the frenetic crowds, saccharine yuletide music and garish red and green decorations.

She oversees fashion content at Nordstrom’s corporate, supporting all stores including the one at Fashion Show Mall on the Strip ... to look like a glitzy Christmas season?

Opened in 1981, Fashion Show mall marked the first major retail center to open on the Strip and the third mall to open in Las Vegas. Its success prompted the opening of other retail centers on the ...