It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even if the temperature doesn't feel like December. you know it is the Christmas season in Greensboro when you see the waving Santa at Friendly Center. For over 50 years, he has served as a grand sentry, beckoning the nice as well as the naughty in to shop. Circa 2013, rumors were circulating that Santa would be moved to the new side of Friendly Center. The community was reassured that Santa was staying put; and staying put, indeed, he has.
We couldn't find Santa's statistics online, but he appears to be about 10 feet tall and made of fiberglass. With a nearly 60-year history, Mr. Claus deserves his own article, perhaps in O. Henry or Our State Magazine. Who made Santa? Who decided to install him at his post at Friendly Center? Where does he stay the other 10 months a year? Who installs and removes him? We have so many unanswered questions. If you know the answers, please share. In the meantime, we'll just find comfort in knowing that no matter how much things change in Greensboro, a few treasured things seem to stay the same.
It's a good spot for him.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 12:08 PM