Santa Claus came to Portsmouth (photos)
PORTSMOUTH — This year’s Santa Tours tours ended Monday night after eight nights of visits to every street in Portsmouth.
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Santa Claus came to Portsmouth (photos)
PORTSMOUTH — This year’s Santa Tours tours ended Monday night after eight nights of visits to every street in Portsmouth.
The all-volunteer operation, which has its genesis in the late Henry “Hawk” Silvia’s revival of the Santa Tours in the mid-’80s, used two “sleighs” — a flatbed truck pulled by John Deer lawn tractors — that visited local families nightly.
On the last night, Santa offered a drive-by greeting to folks attending the Town Council meeting at Town Hall.
After Santa waved in the direction of the council chambers on his way down Quaker Hill, council member J. Mark Ryan asked, “Can I run out and get a candy cane?”
Council President Kevin Aguiar swiftly replied, “You’re not on the ‘good list,’ I’ve heard.”
