It’s true, the actual real, not a mall Santa, visited Rockport today. I’ll put a larger article together for tomorrow with complete details but these rush photos of the breaking news. (As always, click on the photos to go to a much larger shot.)
Santa says HO HO HO to Rubber Duck:
The crowds were cheek to jowl (someone must have leaked the news that the Rockport Santa was actually the REAL SANTA CLAUS!!), but everyone was on best behavior so that no coal will be delivered to these folks’ stockings.
Rubber Duck had a ringside seat for the lighting but then Santa had to split with the truck before the tree was lit:
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Bam! That just happened! (An animated GIF available tomorrow.)
On a side note, Santa thanks Brad of Hales Plumbing who fixed the leak in Santa’s basement on a Saturday within an hour of getting the call. Someone put something good in Brad’s stocking. Oh wait, Santa already knows he’s been very good.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Santa was right about R.D. …ho…ho…ho… as they say in the hood!!!
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Any stories you have heard about R.D. and a Lanes Cove Sparrow are completely untrue. She’s been a friend of the sparrow. Not like “friend” in a Herman Cain way, but just a friend.
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Great shots Paul. It was so nice meeting you.
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Paul, what did RD ask Santa to put in her Christmas stocking?
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