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A Santa returns for 40th year: Job involves listening to children – and sometimes adults

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Children filling in Santa on Christmas wishes has always been a special part of holiday activities on the Woodstock Square. (Independent file photo)

One local man celebrates 40 years of volunteering as Santa’s helper on the Woodstock Square.“Well, it’s actually 41 since I started in 1980,” John Cole said, “but I don’t count […]

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