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Show Me'rryXhristmas, From Santa Claus-Lndiana rg?. ' " f-U The Candv Castle in Santa Claus. Indiana, nestles under its roof - lL -tzf '; of Christmas-y red and green asphalt shingles. f tf Y N v-.f Jv A I makers can be seen working. The Candy Castle a wondrous ; architectural specimen with storybook story-book turrets, twisty chimneys and make believe crenelations is roofed with fire-resistant asphalt shingles of red and green which ' gaily denote the Christmas colors. ; Other workshop structures which carry traditional exterior Christmas Christ-mas colors include Santa's work- ; shop, the toy block house, the doll 1 furniture .house and the circus building. , Today the charm of this lovely little village and its growing : mail capacity -rest largely upon its name. Despite the troubles of a war-torn world, America still believes in Santa Claus Indiana. DERHAPS the most fantastic and certainly the most charming charm-ing village in all the world nestles' nest-les' among the scenic hills of southern Indiana, only a few miles from the center of U. S. population; popula-tion; It is Santa Claus, Indiana the only -Santa Claus -town in the world. It is the kind of village St. Nick might have chosen as his town, a village where evergreens mingle with oaks, maples and sycamores. In winter, the good white snow mantles the brightly "colored roofs of this village where are concen- trated the messages of cheer and f Kindness which the Christian yovld through centuries has associated as-sociated with that jolly, kind, be-Whiskered be-Whiskered driver of the reindeer. Each year nearly 1,000,000 pieces of mail from all over the world pour into Santa Claus to receive re-ceive Uncle Sam's official cancellation. cancel-lation. "Santaclause" was the first official of-ficial spelling given the village by the United States Post Office Department De-partment when the post office was established on May 21, 1856, with John Specht as postmaster. In June, 1895, however, six months before Christmas, the "E" was dropped, changing the name to "Santaclaus." And it was known by this name until Feb. 13, 1927, when James F. Martin, then postmaster, succeeded in having the name officially divided . to "Santa Claus." Appropriately enough,' close by the Santa Claus post offce is a Toy Village filled with tiny playhouses and all of Santa's best. and newest toys a Candy Castle and a toy factory where Santa and his toy- |