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		<title>The 1880 Church Rolls to a New Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A light dusting of snow and a brisk winter&#8217;s chill couldn&#8217;t deter the MCF House Movers crew from rolling our historic 1880 German Evangelical St. Paul&#8217;s Church to its new resting spot yesterday. It was a momentous day, not only for the church or museum but also for Mrs. Koch who has dreamed of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWS: 1880 Church Moves to New Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 8, 2012 SANTA CLAUS, IND. &#8212; MCF House Movers of Petersburg, Indiana, will very slowly transport the 1880 &#8220;Deutsch Evangelish St. Paul’s Kirche&#8221; this morning for a distance of just under one-half of a mile to its new home in Santa Claus Park. The 132-year old country church will join the town’s newly-restored 1935 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Right Along</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every December, there are lots of jokes that Santa &#8220;works just one day a year.&#8221; But we know better, don&#8217;t we? And his Elves keep busy year-round, too. Take Millie, for instance. Here she is, over by the former Betsy Ross Doll House in Holiday World. Former? That&#8217;s right. The doll house is moving out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On This Day in History &#8211; December 22, 1935</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was 76 years ago today that droves of people braved a harsh winter storm to watch the great unveiling of the 22 foot tall Santa statue in our town of Santa Claus, Indiana. The statue was dreamed up by Chicago businessman and philanthropist Carl A. Barrett. The Santa statue was the focal point of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Believe It or Not: an oversized 80th anniversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 80th anniversary of a big day in Santa Claus town history. Big might be an understatement. It&#8217;s more like an oversized day in town history, specifically for the Santa Claus Post Office. On this day in 1931, Santa Claus postmaster James Martin hand-canceled what was said to be the largest postcard mailed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/an-oversized-80th-anniversary/</link>
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		<title>Bubbly State History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the bright and colorful Santa collections inside the museum seems to grow with each passing year and it&#8217;s just about ready to burst out of its current display case. The jovial man, dressed head to toe in red and clutching that curvy green glass bottle is an unmistakable advertising image.  This ad icon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/bubbly-state-history/</link>
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		<title>Enquiring Minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a fun little memory that harkens back to our museum&#8217;s beginnings as told by Paula Werne, Director of Communications at Holiday World &#38; Splashin&#8217; Safari and today&#8217;s guest blogger: It’s always exciting when a reporter from the national news media calls, which they tend to do every year in the fall when your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/enquiring-minds/</link>
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		<title>NOW CLOSED: Santa&#8217;s Elves Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE-Dec. 22, 2011:  Santa&#8217;s Elves Workshop is now closed for the season. We wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. As always, we look forward to your visit in 2012! Please feel free to stop by and see the newly restored Historic 1935 Santa Statue. For directions to our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/opening-soon-santas-elves-workshop/</link>
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		<title>The Mysterious Wheelbarrows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever run across a historical photo and wondered what was going on in the picture? Since the advent of photography, fleeting moments mundane to earth-shattering have been captured on film for posterity to see. So many of these photos get lost, discarded or shunned away and over generations the oral story that goes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/the-mysterious-wheelbarrows/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to the Santa Claus Museum!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating our 5th anniversary, the Santa Claus Museum takes you on a walk through time exploring the birth of this tiny town as it was first laid out on paper in 1846. Moving from one room to the next, you can immerse yourself in historical documents, photos and artifacts illustrating the progression of the town [...]]]></description>
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