Post #616312 by Naneki on Mon, Dec 5, 2011 12:09 PM

On 2011-12-04 09:39, Coco Loco wrote:
Yes! If that's the Giant Santa we can see from the freeway, that's it!. I always thought it was a village and we've always wanted to pull off and check it out. But always on a tight schedule.

Last time we went through it wasn't there. We were saddened in missing the opportunity. Hopefully they'll put the Santa back up after renovation. Thanks for posting this!

On 2011-12-03 12:34, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
Possibly Santa Claus lane at Carpinteria?

It was a small point of interest. There was a small train ride as well as a snowman on top of another building. I remember it mostly for its delicious date shakes. We would get one on the way home from a Sunday drive (remember those) to Santa Barbara. The other interesting thing was that during the holiday season you could get your Christmas cards post marked "Santa Claus, CA". I did that all the years I lived in Summerland.

The people who own th property wanted to play up the fact that the lane is right by the ocean.* So Santa was evicted several years ago. He was given a permanent home in Oxnard and now greets you from the other side of the 101.

• The scrooges are still chapped that the street is Santa Claus Lane. They really want to change it.