Santa Claus touched down in Morristown on Friday night, with a little help from town firefighters and a lot of encouragement from local kids.
The jolly fellow descended from the roof of the Century 21 store in a ladder bucket to squeals of delight from a rosy-cheeked throng that did not mind the frosty air at all. Then Santa led a countdown, and the Green suddenly turned blue, orange and red as thousands of decorative (and eco-friendly) LED lights switched on.
A police escort made sure children did not love Santa to death on his way to the Santa Shack, er, House (Condo?) on the Green, where he will entertain requests for the next few weekends.
The first official Christmas celebration on the Morristown Green was in 1913, and it was pretty modest--just one star in a tree. This year's month-long festival has more bells and whistles, including the whistle on an electric kiddie train.http://www.nj.com/morristown/index.ssf/2008/11/happy_landing_for_santa.html
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