Santa Claus

Making memories with Santa and Mrs. Claus

Dec 24, 2024

Christmas has come and gone but there were lots of opportunities for local families to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and pose for photos like this one from the breakfast with Santa event at Chickadee Cottage on Dec. 14.

Santa, community choir appear at Lake City Area Arts

Dec 20, 2023

Lake City Area Arts hosted a milk and cookies party with Santa and Mrs. Claus on Sunday, Dec. 17. Children had the opportunity to meet the Claus’s. Mrs. Claus said it was their last appearance of the season. On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Santa is expected once again to sneak into homes and leave...

Join our tribute to Santa and Mrs. Claus, past and present

Nov 30, 2022

Saturday, Dec. 3, Lake City Area Arts is having an open house for the public from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. and we will celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus Day. We will honor the memory of John and Marie Lewis with their family. Please come and join us for refreshments and good cheer. John and Marie took...

Santa Claus to attend soup and chili feed in Mazeppa

Nov 30, 2022

Santa is coming to the soup and chili luncheon hosted by the Mazeppa Area Historical Society on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Mazeppa Community Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees can eat soup and chili prepared by Charlie’s Eatery, Rochester, plus the extras and dessert for a free will donation...

Local donkey making noise in America's Favorite Pet contest

Oct 5, 2022

Lena has been part of the Lewis family of rural Lake City so long that the three siblings that are now her caretakers think of her as a sister. The donkey first came to the farm on Territorial Road as a boarder decades ago. When her owner died, he willed Lena to the Lewis’s, according to Karen...

Santa joins public safety service vehicles for a parade around town

Dec 30, 2020

Perched on the back of the Lake City Fire Department ladder truck, Santa Claus braved the winter bluster the evening of Dec. 23 to spread Christmas cheer on a parade through the streets of Lake City. Joining the parade was a Lake City Ambulance Service rig playing holiday music and a Lake City...

Long-time Santa, Mrs. Claus continue holiday tradition

Dec 16, 2020

John Lewis has played Santa for 34 years. On Saturday, Dec. 12, he donned the red suit and, with his wife Marie playing Mrs. Claus by his side, greeted families at a Santa drive-by event on North High Street. Because of COVID-19 the Claus’s stayed inside a truck decorated with antlers and other...

Santa helps 130 children buy 750 gifts

Dec 27, 2018

The Lake City VFW and its auxiliary hosted the Shop with Santa event on Dec. 15 at the VFW Clubrooms. Santa arrived at about 9:15 a.m. to greet children and have his picture taken many times with the children who were not afraid to sit on Santa’s lap. Children purchased approximately 750 Christmas...

Letter: Grateful for park lighting ceremony

Dec 6, 2017

To the editor: I would like to thank everyone who was involved with the lighting ceremony and arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Claus at Patton Park on Nov. 25. A thank you of course to all of those who decorated the park. It looks great. Mark Nibbe Lake City

Sidecar Santa out 'checking the list'

Dec 22, 2016

Santa Claus traded his sleigh for a motorcycle sidecar Thursday, Dec. 22. He and chauffeur Allen Hansen stopped by the Graphic office. "We're out checking the list," Hansen said.