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Dec 13, 2017 · But less than a week later, McPhee was being run out of town. For the remaining 36 years of his life, he would be known as the man who killed Santa Claus.
Dec 25, 2002 · Man Who Killed Santa Claus — John McPhee. In 1932, during the Great Depression the merchants in Mesa, Arizona decided that they needed something special for the Christmas parade. John McPhee, editor of the Mesa Tribune, came up with what seemed to be a brilliant idea.
Dec 25, 2019 · Not only was business slack but it looked as if the annual Christmas parade was going to be a bust. John McPhee, colorful editor of the Mesa Tribune, looked at the dismal faces and determined to inject some spirit into Christmas. McPhee loved promotional schemes but he outdid himself on this one.
Dec 20, 2017 · Though days and weeks went by, the death of Santa Claus was all anyone could talk about. Even worse, John McPhee had been branded as “the man who killed Santa” and eventually he was forced to move north to a town in Colorado.
The Santa-clad mannequin fell like a rock in full view of throngs of shocked children and their parents. McPhee tried to pull it off with the parade, but the horror ran deep. Children could...
Dec 25, 2016 · The headline writer for that Dec. 9, 1932, Mesa Tribune story unwittingly nailed it. A week later, the right jolly old elf dropped like a rock into a farm field. The chute didn’t open. But...
Join Mesa Mayor John Giles for an original holiday event featuring “The Man Who Killed Santa Claus,” a true story of triumph over failure set in Downtown Mesa dating back to 1932.
