Saks Fifth Avenue Nixes Famous Holiday Light Show: ‘Challenging Years’

It’s on for a beloved holiday tradition in Manhattan.

Saks Fifth Avenue’s annual holiday light show at its flagship location has been canceled after nearly two decades of Christmas display — apparently due to cost-cutting, The Post has learned.

“For many years, the holidays at Saks Fifth Avenue included a light show at our flagship store, and for some time we have been considering changing our approach,” a Saks Fifth Avenue representative told The Post on Monday.

Now, instead of the glowing spectacular, “in our 100th year, which also marks the anniversary of the flagship, we celebrate the season by honoring the architectural significance of this iconic building, elegantly lighting the facade and framing the holiday windows, as well as highlighting the fashion, which Saks Fifth Avenue is known for,” the rep said.

The department store chain “recognized that it has been a challenging year for luxury and, like others, we are carefully managing our business to ensure the company is best positioned for the future.”

It appears that the decision to discontinue the light show was only made within the last few weeks.

An October news release had announced that Saks’ holiday campaign would continue this year, presented by MasterCard for the 15th consecutive year.

With the light show now wound down, this year’s holiday windows are set to instead showcase “exquisite pieces from the top names in luxury” along with colorful snowflakes, silver harlequin floors and dichroic vinyl, the rep said.

It nixed free winter tradition had been held annually at the flagship store at 611 Fifth Ave. since 2004 and would take place every few minutes in the evening from late November to early January.

The event — near the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree — easily drew crowds of hundreds around Christmas time.

The production began humbly in its first year, with 50 giant snowflakes winking to “Carol of the Bells” before graduating to digital projections in 2010 and then a mix of both physical and digital effects in 2015, according to Vice.

Last year’s show, a collaboration with luxury brand Dior dubbed “Dior’s Carousel of Dreams at Saks,” premiered to fanfare with a fireworks display. The light show itself used a whopping 300,000 LED lights across the building’s 10 floors synchronized to holiday tunes.