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Show One Statue Dedicated to Childhood -.:"-:"' -'Ji - 4 - ' 'JJ ' rV - " ' 1 "Dedicated to the children of the world" is this statue of the patron saint of Christmas on the village square at Santa Claus, Ind., a rural Hoosier hamlet that has achieved fame because of the uniqueness of its name. With only 19 population and a "general store" that serves as post office, this little town annually handles more than 2,000,000 pieces of mail at the Christmas season. Here old St. Nick's "official" Indiana counterpart, James Yellig, of Santa Claus, who each year answers more than 25,000 letters to Santa from youngsters throughout the country, poses with the modern equivalent of fleet reindeer, a new 1942 Chevrolet Aerosedan. |