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My dad (6 years old) and his older sister in 1956 at "North Pole Colorado -- Home of Santa's Workshop" at the foot of Pike's Peak. Santa sure looks jolly. Full size.
I believe your aunt was wearing pedal pushers.
Inside the cabin--you've got a lurker!
Is that her in the doorway?
See http://www.santas-colo.com/
And if your Dad was there in 1956, that would have been the year the park opened. Great history too: Designed by a former Disney employee, based on what an 8-year old girl said she believed Santa's home and village looked like.
He looks a little baked to me. "So kids. Santa can bring you gifts when ... he's flying his reindeer, and go to your house, and give you stuff. Can you leave lots of cookies and milk, can you get me some cookies now kids?"
I live in Colorado Springs. Santa's Workshop is still there and well attended all year.
What a wonderful picture! I was there just a few years later, in the middle of August, and never got a picture from the trip. Now I have one! Does anyone know if it's still there or when it closed??
He looks a little bit like Donald Sutherland to me.
Santa looks like he'd be more comfy on a Harley. Nice scan of a great photo!
Your sister must be my age (b. 1948) because somewhere I have a photo of myself with similar "pedal pushers."
Those are almost "Ed Grimley" pants, Sam! Remember the nerd played by Martin Short on Saturday Night Live about 20 years ago? Suspenders were something Moms bought so they didn't constantly have to tug up their little boys' pants!
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