A look back at the famous Ford Rotunda including, the annual Christmas display called the Christmas Fantasy, which first opened on Dec. 15, 1953. Over the nine years the Christmas Fantasy was held, almost 6 million people visited it. Thousands of Detroiters had their first visit with Santa at the Rotunda, and memories of Story Book Land and the miniature circus mingle with childhood memories of stockings by the fireplace and cookies for Santa