inside the enclosed cars that the children sat in as the ride operated. The original ride "flew" from the ceiling of the toy department. The pig was then moved outside the building to a rooftop Christmas village that surrounded the Great Tree. The Pink Pig started outside under the tree, returned indoors to fly over the toy department before returning to its starting point. The original Pink Pig was named Priscilla. A second pig, named Percival was later added to meet the high demand to ride the pig. After completing their journey, riders received a sticker that said "I rode the Pink Pig". The ride moved to the Festival of Trees event in the 1990s, and resided at the Atlanta History Center. The ride was brought back to Rich's in 2004 when it reappeared at the Rich's at Lenox Square mall, the new location for the Great Tree. The new version of the Pink Pig was a conventional Zamperla Rio Grande storyline train ride with a miniature pink pig locomotive pulling a set of pink child-sized passenger cars at ground level, instead of the original suspended monorail design. It had been speculated that the original monorail was retired because it could not be maintained as a viable and safe children's ride. The ride went on hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021 Macy's announced the ride was being retired. Fame of the Great Tree The tree and the bridge were featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1961. During the time the Great Tree was at the downtown Rich's store, it was undeniably the biggest Christmas-time attraction in the southeastern United States. Parents from around the South brought their children to downtown Atlanta expressly to experience this attraction and have their picture taken with the Rich's store Santa Claus. Millions of children and their parents made the annual migration during its tenure. The Pink Pig was an immensely popular attraction in its own right. Decades after the original Pink Pig was retired, many Atlanta natives who rode the pig as children fondly reminisce about their rides in the pig. The ride inspired the 2004 book I Rode the Pink Pig: Atlanta's Favorite Christmas Tradition (). Today, much memorabilia can be found in the homes of Atlantans. The Lighting of the Great Tree Through 2014, the grand illumination ceremony occurred on Thanksgiving night, no matter the