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An invitation from Santa
Take free photos with Brooklets real St. Nick
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Brooklet Pharmacy tech manager Cheri Lance, far left, and Bambi Miller make pictures of children in Miller's home day care with Carl Rushing, known as Brooklet's Santa Claus, during a visit Thursday. Rushing makes visits to the pharmacy during annual rounds in downtown Brooklet as the jolly old elf. "He'll stay for hours," says Lance.
When children pull Carl Rushing’s lush white beard, their eyes widen in surprise when they realize it’s not fake. The magic of childhood imagination ignites and they believe — Santa is real. Rushing is well known around the Brooklet area as “the real Santa Claus,” even when he is not wearing a red suit.
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