Santa and Mrs. Claus make a special visit to Judy Burcham's Pre-K classroom at West Elementary School Dec. 12. After the children from all WES Pre-K classrooms joined them, Santa and Mrs. Claus read "The Night Before Christmas" and other Christmas books.

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By Alison James Published

9:47 am Thursday, December 14, 2017

Santa Claus comes to town

Santa chats with Chloe Hall and Landon Kimbrough about whether they have been good this year and what they want for Christmas. Santa took time to talk with each student.

Santa chats with Chloe Hall and Landon Kimbrough about whether they have been good this year and what they want for Christmas. Santa took time to talk with each student.

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Santa and Mrs. Claus made a special visit to Judy Burcham’s Pre-K classroom at West Elementary School Dec. 12.

After the children from all WES Pre-K classrooms joined them, Santa and Mrs. Claus read “The Night Before Christmas” and other Christmas books.

Santa took time to talk with each student about whether they had been good this year and what they wanted for Christmas.

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