cover story Sisters Kyra, left, and Kaiden Keough share laughs with Santa at the Center Grove High School Christmas craft fair in Johnson County last month.
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ho’s got a beard that’s long and white?” Larry Schuler’s got a beard that’s long and white.
“Who comes around on a special night?” Schuler comes around on a special night … (not to
mention nights, days and weeks before then, too). “Who’s got boots and a suit of red?” Schuler’s got boots and a suit of red. “Who wears a long cap on his head?” Schuler wears a long cap on his head. Cap on head; suit that’s red; special night; beard that’s white…. Must Schuler be Santa? That depends on whom you ask. Larry Schuler’s not saying one way or the other. But the kids, young and old, who sprang on and off Santa’s lap at a huge holiday craft fair just south of Indianapolis last month will attest that verily it had to be the real Santa in their midst. “I’ve been here before, and I SAW him,” insisted 4-year-old Collins Napier. “He has a big beard, and he’s given me lots of presents.” PLEASE TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE DECEMBER 2017
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