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Monument of George Bartholomew on Court Avenue. In recent years, Court Avenue has been the center of various historic preservation efforts. The street was the focus of a centenary celebration in 1991: a monument of Bartholomew was placed at the western end of the street, both to honor the pioneer and to close the street to motor vehicles, and the street was turned into a pedestrian mall. [3]
Charles Willis Howard (June 15, 1896 – May 1, 1966) was an American actor and teacher most famous for portraying Santa Claus in department stores and parades. In 1937, he established the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School which today is the oldest continuously-run Santa school in the world.
Bellefontaine is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. This micropolis consists solely of Logan County, Ohio . The 2000 census [ 4 ] found 46,005 people in the micropolis, making it the 260th most populous such area in the United States.
NORAD updated its map in real time to show Santa's locations on his trip around the world. Santa's progress was shown on a live map on NORAD's website and updates are posted on the agency's ...
Google Santa Tracker is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment website first launched on December 1st, 2004 by Google that simulates [3] [4] the tracking of the legendary character [5] Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, [6] using predetermined location information. [3]
In 1937, CR 25, along with SR 540 between CR 25 and downtown Bellfontaine, was a part of SR 32, which would become US 33 one year later. [2] [3] [5] By 1964, US 33 was routed onto its current alignment around the east side of Bellefontaine.
In 2020, Dana Nachman directed the documentary Dear Santa, which focused on the USPS Operation Santa program and the children who write letters to Santa. [8] In 2022, Localish produced Dear Santa, the Series, a six-episode documentary about USPS Operation Santa's history, highlighting stories from letter writers and Postal Service employees. [9]
A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940. The Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of Roman Triumphs, which had music and banners, wagons filled with the spoils of war, and climaxed with the dux riding in a chariot, preferably drawn by two horses, and thus called the biga.