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santa claus
Playing Santa a special ministry for one deacon
For most of the year, Deacon Dan Welter serves as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, but for a few weeks leading up to Christmas, he sheds that role and dons a red suit and white beard to play Santa at Macy’s on State and Randolph streets in downtown Chicago.
Ho, ho, ho
It’s a question that’s making the rounds of second-grade parents: Does your child believe in Santa Claus?
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