CHICAGOANS WHO REMEMBER SHOPPING AT THE WE BOTH DEPARTMENT STORE MIGHT REMEMBER THEIR CHRISTMAS CHARACTER PATIO.

CINNAMON.

>> BETTER KNOWN AS THE CINNAMON BEAR BUT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT MISTER O'SULLIVAN WAS ALSO THE STAR OF THE 1930'S ERROR, RADIO SERIAL, WHICH FOLLOW HIS ADVENTURES THROUGH THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF MAYBE LAND THE SHOW CHARMED AUDIENCES FOR DECADES.

BUT ITS BIGGEST FAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHICAGO MAN, RONALD KONECKI WHO CREATED A MINIATURE VERSION OF THEIR ADVENTURES.

AND AS PORTAGE PARK BASEMENT PRODUCER ERICA GUNDERSON TAKES US THROUGH THE LOLLIPOP FORRESTON ROOT BEER, OCEANS OF MAYBE LAND.

>> IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THESE LOLLIPOP FOREST ROOT BEER, OCEANS AND GLITTERING ICE CASTLES HAVE BEEN UNWRAPPED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.

>> IT IS ALL BASED ON E CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW.

THE REAL PROGRAM WAS CALLED THE SON OF AIR.

>> THE 8 FOOT WIDE DIORAMA DEPICTS THE ADVENTURES OF THE CINNAMON AND SIBLINGS.

JUDY IN JAMIE BARTON THROUGH THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF MAYBE THEIR STORY WAS HAND CRAFTED.

INTRICATE MINIATURE CHICAGO HOBBYIST, RONALD CONNECTED WHO LISTEN TO THE RADIO SHOW AS A CHILD.

AND LATER WITH HIS OWN FAMILY IN PORTAGE PARK.

>> IT STARTED OUT IN THE 1930'S, BUT WE LISTEN TO IN THE 70'S ON A RAIL SHUTTLE AND IT WAS USUALLY 3 EPISODE TODAY.

SO USUALLY STARTED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

UP TO 70 FOR CHRISTMAS.

AND WHAT HE DID WAS HE RECREATED EVERY EPISODE WHICH EACH ONE OF THESE DISPLACE.

>> MOST WINTERS MAYBE LAND REMAINS PACKED AWAY.

>> BUT THIS YEAR, CONNECT SON, TONY HAS BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE IN HOPES OF FINDING A NEW HOME FOR THE DISPLAY, TONY, CONNECT.

HE SAYS HIS FATHER WAS ALWAYS TINKERING WITH MINIATURES RUNNELS WHO DIED IN 2017, NEVER MET FOR HIS CREATIONS TO BE SEEN OUTSIDE THE FAMILY HOME.

>> HE'LL BE MAKING A MODEL'S AIRPLANES, TANKS, SHIPS FIGURES IN THE BASEMENT HIS SPARE TIME.

ONE CHRISTMAS.

BUILT A SMALLER VERSION OF THE 7 AND THEIR STORY FOR UNDERNEATH OUR CHRISTMAS TREE.

>> A SILVER STAR, A LITTLE STILL THE STAR.

LEBRON TRIED A QUICK CRAZY QUILT HANDED OVER GREAT FOR ME AND YOU CAN GO YOUR IN 1951.

A TV SERIES USING THE RADIO SHOWS AUDIO WAS CREATED USING HAND PUPPETS FOR THE CHARACTERS IN 1986 RADIO HOST CHUCK SHADE AND INTERVIEWED RONALD KENTUCKY ABOUT THAT FIRST DISPLAY FOR HIS CHICAGO NOSTALGIA SHOW.

>> DID YOU GET THE IDEA FROM HIS FROM?

OF COURSE, THE RADIO SHOW.

>> OF COURSE, CHUCK, JUST LIKE LISTEN HIS SHOW AFTER SCHOOL AND AND THE MAJOR NATIONS TOOK >> AFTER TONY CONNECT, HE SAYS HIS DAD'S AND VISIONS FOR BUILDING TINY MAY BE MAN'S GOT BIGGER.

CAME BACK FROM COLLEGE AND 80 >> AND THIS WAS >> THINK YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.

BLOCKED THE ENTIRE.

WINDOWS SO BE IT.

BECAUSE WHEN HE'S MAKING THIS, HE COULD GO DOWN A STORM FINE.

CRAZY CULT DRAGONS.

PIRATES MAGICIANS.

SO WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE THIS THAT FROM A MODEL THAT I ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER THE KIDS, DINOSAUR MODEL AND MY TOOK AND HAD A RABBIT FOR THE SCENE.

THE WINTERGREEN, WHICH WAS THE MAIN ENEMY IN THIS.

WAS ACTUALLY A GLOW IN THE DARK PRIZE FROM JACK.

>> CONNECT, HE SAYS HE'S STILL NOT SURE WHY HIS FATHER WAS SO CAPTIVATED BY THE CINNAMON BEAR STORY.

BUT NOW HE'S HOPING THERE'S ANOTHER CINNAMON BEAR SUPER FAN OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE MAGIC OF MAYBE LAND HOME.

>> LIKE TO SEE HIM GO SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT.

LOOK AT MAYBE GO BACK TO AMERICA.

IT.

WE'RE CHICAGO TONIGHT.

THIS IS GUNDERSON.

THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.

TONY KENTUCKY TELLS US HE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO