Sunday, January 6, 2013

DOES SANTA LIVE ON NORTH AVE?



DOES SANTA LIVE ON NORTH AVENUE?


A local newspaper posed this question in a article about the "CHRISTMAS HOUSE" in Forest Park

on December 20th 1979.  The answer is yes.


For 20 years he greeted young and old from our living room window.  When I say greeted, I mean he

literally waved.  He is a mechanical Santa my father, Mack Embrey,  bought from New York City.  

Santa was the first of many Christmas decorations to  eventually fill our yard through those years.


In 2002  I moved back  to the family home only to discover that the decorations had not withstood

the test of time from years of storage in the damp basement.  Let's call it a miracle,  since I do 

believe in miracles.  High on a shelf, in a dark corner, sat a very large box.  You guessed it...

the only survivor from the Christmas House...  SANTA.


THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT OUR ADVENTURES ... TOGETHER... AGAIN.









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