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\"Santa<\/p>\n

I was a 7 year old boy back in 1977 and it was Christmas eve. We always waited for Santa to come that night but this was the most amazing thing I ever saw.It was a cold night in New York and it had snowed the day before and Santa was coming and his reindeer were on the roof but on this occasion Santa slid down the roof and landed inside of a pickup truck that was on my driveway. I was stunned at that arrival.When he came in he said he flew in but the wind made him fall.A few years later I found out it was my uncle who just fell off the roof and luckily landed inside the truck.This was my most memorable Christmas story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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