Show Santa Glaus laus Ind md Is Christmas H. H Q Santa Claus Indiana is a han ban hanlet hanlet let of a score of frame building and not so many people but it is national headquarters for one type of holiday observance Each Christmas season brings to it stacks of mail parcels letters and cards of cards cards' ot of which 99 per cent is promptly rem ailed with the magic I postmark Santa Claus Beyond a doubt the biggest man manin manIn manin in the Hoosier hamlet is Santa Claus himself A foot 25 statue of him complete with whiskers and bulging sack is dedicated to the charitable old saint in recognition that tha t his Christmas gifts to the town have brought it fame and seasonal prosperity Early settlers seven or eight decades decades dec dec- decades ades ago took a fancy to the name Santa Fe for the town but they couldn't use it because another town in the state had it first So they boldly christened their settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment with Claus as a last name instead of Fe Similar holiday names dot the world map with Christmas being the favorite in the thc United States Florida Maine Marne Kentucky and Anzona Ari Ari- Arizona Arizona zona have towns named Christma Christ Christ- ma mas s. s |