Santa and Mrs. Claus return for annual Bethel Park breakfast
Santa Claus greets Amy Taylor and her son, Zachary, who was chronicling the morning's proceedings for BPTV.
Waiting to visit with Santa Claus are Kim McLain with daughters Harper, center, and Macie.
Cara Moffat and daughter Lilah enjoy the event.
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Kaya and Cameron Navoney smile for their photo with Santa.
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Santa and Mrs. Claus – don’t tell the kids, but they’re really Beth and Joe Hancsak – make their entrance at the Schoolhouse Arts and History Center.
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Dresden Stuck checks out what’s under the Schoolhouse Arts and History Center Christmas tree, with his dad, Jeremy.
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Heather White and her daughters, Mathilde and Amelia, greet Mrs. Claus.
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Danielle Gosnell and son, Henry, are getting ready for his first Christmas.
Santa listens to what Brooke Eisaman would like for Christmas.
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Kaya Navoney is impressed by the tower that Cameron Sharrow has constructed.
Jim Modery with the model railroad display set up during Breakfast With Santa
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Sydney Litzenburger, left, and Noreen Modery serve breakfast, provided by Steve and Erica Diethorn’s Ma and Pop’s Country Kitchen in Bethel Park.
Anton Ott, meet Santa Claus.
The Bethel Park Historical Society has some friends in high places, at least as far as maps and globes are concerned.
From the North Pole – hey, that’s where the letters to them are addressed – came Santa and Mrs. Claus, arriving on Dec. 7 at the Schoolhouse Arts and History Center in Bethel Park to greet a capacity crowd of good girls and boys.
Breakfast With Santa was hosted by the historical society for the third straight year, with the morning meal provided by Steve and Erica Diethorn’s nearby restaurant, Ma and Pop’s Country Kitchen.
The Clauses took time to greet families full of cheerful children, before they had the opportunity to visit with Santa and enlighten him about what he might stick in his sleigh to deliver on Christmas Eve.
Meanwhile, Jim Modery, wearing his conductor’s cap, returned with his model railroad display to delight youngsters who practically never see the real thing anymore, and their parents and grandparents who remember playing with their own train sets way back when.
And perhaps they received them on Dec. 25 after writing to Santa at the North Pole.