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The SMT Exclusive Interview with Mr. Claus
Interview by Thomas Atkins
Photos by Greg Kristapovich
Santa waving to his fans at the famous Twain Harte Christmas Parade
After the SMT staff came up with nearly seventy questions to ask Santa Claus we were able to squeeze in a brief interview with him in Twain Harte while he took a […]
Well, I told Santa what I wanted for Christmas. I told him I wanted a brand new Beta-max videocassette recorder, a brand new 8-track tape player, a brand new projection TV and a new electric typewriter…and a vintage (even if ‘used’) Ford Pinto. I thought I’d think big this year, since Santa granted all my […]
The Gifts of the Magi
Tradition has it, they came in the night. They were layered against the cold of a desert winter, so their finery did not show. Some say they were Asian potentates, others say they were scholars or astrologers. We know them as the Magi.
To the new born baby of a humble carpenter […]
“If YOU could ask Santa for ANYTHING this Christmas, what would it be?”
(asked in Murphys)
“A Quad-runner – because of our nice, “White Christmases” we’ve been having! I need to be able to get out when it snows at my place! At 2,000 feet, and with eight inches of snow and ice, I was stuck in […]
Pam and Paul Emery spend some time reading the Sierra Mountain Times while visiting Lisbon, Portugal.
