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      <title>Al Capone's Michigan Getaway and Secret Maternity Ward: Frankfort</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The legend says this is where Capone and the gang would come for weekend getaways, and supply a safe haven where their girlfriends could give birth. Take a look inside the house... <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/691/p/al-capone-getaway-frankfort-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Photos – Ridiculously Over the Top Rock + Metal Santas</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We've got Nu-Metal Santa, Spiked Eggnog Santa and more! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/photos-rock-metal-santa-claus/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Will You Leave Santa Michigan's Favorite Cookies For Christmas?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You gotta leave an impact when Kris Kringle stops by. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/690/p/michigan-favorite-cookie/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Is This Really Michigan’s Most Iconic Christmas Dish?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2023 20:57:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is Michigan's most iconic Christmas dish. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/michigan-christmas-sugar-cookies/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is Michigan&apos;s most iconic Christmas dish. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/michigan-christmas-sugar-cookies/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maggie Meadows]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>A First Look At Indiana's New Thanksgiving-Themed Roller Coaster</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Holiday World of Santa Claus, Indiana unveils the new vehicles for their Good Gravy! Thanksgiving-themed coaster at the 2023 IAAPA. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/good-gravy-indianas-new-thanksgiving-themed-roller-coaster-takes-shape/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Holiday World of Santa Claus, Indiana unveils the new vehicles for their Good Gravy! Thanksgiving-themed coaster at the 2023 IAAPA. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/good-gravy-indianas-new-thanksgiving-themed-roller-coaster-takes-shape/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Christmas Towns in Michigan and Indiana Snubbed by Recent Report</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:44:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A National publication completely Scrooged both Frankenmuth, Michigan and Santa Claus, Indiana. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/christmas-towns-michigan-indiana/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A National publication completely Scrooged both Frankenmuth, Michigan and Santa Claus, Indiana. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/christmas-towns-michigan-indiana/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Marshall]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Gravy-Themed Coaster Coming to Indiana And NO, This Isn't a Joke!</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana has announced their newest coaster set to open May 2024: Good Gravy!, a Thanksgiving themed coaster <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/good-gravy-holiday-world-santa-claus-indiana/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Holiday World &amp; Splashin&apos; Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana has announced their newest coaster set to open May 2024: Good Gravy!, a Thanksgiving themed coaster <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/good-gravy-holiday-world-santa-claus-indiana/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Did You See Santa Claus Floating Around This South Haven, MI Marina?</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Santa Claus and his friends at Gull Lake Marine were caught on video floating around a marina in South Haven, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/santa-claus-south-haven-michigan-marina/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Santa Claus and his friends at Gull Lake Marine were caught on video floating around a marina in South Haven, Michigan. <a href="https://wgrd.com/santa-claus-south-haven-michigan-marina/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The North Pole's Most Sought After Property is On The Market</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:14:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The North Pole home comes complete with "smaller" homes for workers & guests and plenty of room to park a sleigh. The new owner must love Christmas.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/87/p/santas-north-pole-home-on-zillow-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The North Pole home comes complete with &quot;smaller&quot; homes for workers &amp; guests and plenty of room to park a sleigh. The new owner must love Christmas.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/87/p/santas-north-pole-home-on-zillow-2/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Santa Claus Girls Gets A Location Upgrade in Grand Rapids</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Santa Claus Girls are taking over a space inside the former DeltaPlex building for the next five years. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/santa-claus-girls-gets-a-location-upgrade-in-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Santa Claus Girls are taking over a space inside the former DeltaPlex building for the next five years. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/santa-claus-girls-gets-a-location-upgrade-in-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:38:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[They've decked the halls with boughs of holly and now Woodland Mall and Santa Claus are ready for you. You're invited to celebrate the holiday season and its traditions with special holiday shopping and festivities. <a href="https://wgrd.com/woodland-mall-announces-santas-arrival-holiday-hours/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[They&apos;ve decked the halls with boughs of holly and now Woodland Mall and Santa Claus are ready for you. You&apos;re invited to celebrate the holiday season and its traditions with special holiday shopping and festivities. <a href="https://wgrd.com/woodland-mall-announces-santas-arrival-holiday-hours/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Santa’s Sleigh Was Pulled Over For Breaking Highway Code</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In Ireland, Santa was doing some rounds of handing out presents to kids, but he was pulled over for not having the proper lights on his sleigh to be on the highway.
Source: Facebook, Belfast Live
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Ireland, Santa was doing some rounds of handing out presents to kids, but he was pulled over for not having the proper lights on his sleigh to be on the highway.
Source: Facebook, Belfast Live
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly Cheese]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Who Stole Benton Harbor’s 17 Foot Tall Santa Claus?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 14:38:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Santa statue was broken down into pieces and stored in the old J.C. Penney building in the Orchards Mall.  Orchards Mall administrator Christina Castaneda believes that whoever took it must have been working in the mall <a href="https://wgrd.com/benton-harbors-santa-claus-stolen/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Santa statue was broken down into pieces and stored in the old J.C. Penney building in the Orchards Mall.  Orchards Mall administrator Christina Castaneda believes that whoever took it must have been working in the mall <a href="https://wgrd.com/benton-harbors-santa-claus-stolen/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Where to Visit Santa this Weekend in West Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 17:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You even get to feed Santa's reindeer! <a href="https://wgrd.com/where-to-visit-santa-this-weekend-in-west-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You even get to feed Santa&apos;s reindeer! <a href="https://wgrd.com/where-to-visit-santa-this-weekend-in-west-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Complete Insanity of the ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’ Christmas Special</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As anyone who knows me can attest, I'm a pretty big fan of Christmas, and this time of year, I start going through my set of holiday traditions. There's the usual ones, of course, like decorating the tree and opening the Advent Calendar, but I've also got a few of my own, like the traditional Christmas Eve slice of pie at the Waffle House.

But the ones I look forward to most of all are the round of Christmas specials I watch every year. The centerpiece, of course, is a 1967 episode of Dragnet called "The Christmas Story," where Joe Friday investigates the theft of a statue of Jesus from a church on Christmas Eve, but for me, the Christmas season just isn't complete without a viewing of the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "A Solstice Carol."

You know, the one where Xena meets Santa Claus. <a href="https://wgrd.com/xena-warrior-christmas-special/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As anyone who knows me can attest, I&apos;m a pretty big fan of Christmas, and this time of year, I start going through my set of holiday traditions. There&apos;s the usual ones, of course, like decorating the tree and opening the Advent Calendar, but I&apos;ve also got a few of my own, like the traditional Christmas Eve slice of pie at the Waffle House.

But the ones I look forward to most of all are the round of Christmas specials I watch every year. The centerpiece, of course, is a 1967 episode of Dragnet called &quot;The Christmas Story,&quot; where Joe Friday investigates the theft of a statue of Jesus from a church on Christmas Eve, but for me, the Christmas season just isn&apos;t complete without a viewing of the Xena: Warrior Princess episode &quot;A Solstice Carol.&quot;

You know, the one where Xena meets Santa Claus. <a href="https://wgrd.com/xena-warrior-christmas-special/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Sims]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Yuletide Cheer in Rockford</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in Rockford. <a href="https://wgrd.com/celebrating-christmas-and-the-holiday-season-in-rockford-sponsored-post/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in Rockford. <a href="https://wgrd.com/celebrating-christmas-and-the-holiday-season-in-rockford-sponsored-post/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Rockford Michigan Chamber of Commerce</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Martinez]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Santa Claus Is Very Excited to See You [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 13:09:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some toy manufacturers have to know what they are doing. 
You see a lot of commercials with what look like tongue-in-cheek adult references nowadays that must be on purpose. 
Whoever made this Santa Claus is either incredibly oblivious or a filthy animal. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-santa-claus-is-very-excited-to-see-you-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some toy manufacturers have to know what they are doing. 
You see a lot of commercials with what look like tongue-in-cheek adult references nowadays that must be on purpose. 
Whoever made this Santa Claus is either incredibly oblivious or a filthy animal. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-santa-claus-is-very-excited-to-see-you-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Free Beer &amp; Hot Wings: Little Girl Meets Santa Claus at a Diner [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This one will make you warm and fuzzy all over. 
While three-year-old Gracie Lynn Wilson was eating breakfast with her family at a Bob Evans restaurant in Evansville, Ind., she noticed someone she recognized sitting by themselves in a booth.  
It was Santa Claus! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-little-girl-meets-santa-claus-at-a-diner-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This one will make you warm and fuzzy all over. 
While three-year-old Gracie Lynn Wilson was eating breakfast with her family at a Bob Evans restaurant in Evansville, Ind., she noticed someone she recognized sitting by themselves in a booth.  
It was Santa Claus! <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-little-girl-meets-santa-claus-at-a-diner-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>NORAD Tracks Santa Claus! [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:39:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Santa Claus is getting ready for his annual Christmas Eve jaunt across the globe, bringing toys to all the good girls and boys.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is again helping make certain the trip is safe for the jolly old elf. NORAD is the U.S. and Canadian military combining forces to assist Santa Claus, and is tracking Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve journey across the g <a href="https://wgrd.com/norad-santa-tracker/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Santa Claus is getting ready for his annual Christmas Eve jaunt across the globe, bringing toys to all the good girls and boys.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is again helping make certain the trip is safe for the jolly old elf. NORAD is the U.S. and Canadian military combining forces to assist Santa Claus, and is tracking Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve journey across the g <a href="https://wgrd.com/norad-santa-tracker/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Small Business Holiday Party Delivers Holly Jolly Evening</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The atmosphere was truly festive and jolly Tuesday night at The B.O.B. for the Small Business Holiday Party.
Channel 95.7's Connie and Curtis, who emceed, along with Wendy Reed and Josh Garber were on hand along with WGRD 97.9's Metalhead Ned and St. Nick himself, Santa Claus. <a href="https://wgrd.com/channel-95-7s-small-business-holiday-party-delivers-jolly-evening/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The atmosphere was truly festive and jolly Tuesday night at The B.O.B. for the Small Business Holiday Party.
Channel 95.7&apos;s Connie and Curtis, who emceed, along with Wendy Reed and Josh Garber were on hand along with WGRD 97.9&apos;s Metalhead Ned and St. Nick himself, Santa Claus. <a href="https://wgrd.com/channel-95-7s-small-business-holiday-party-delivers-jolly-evening/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Martinez]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>SantaCon Santas’ Street-Brawl Throwdown in New York [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At this year's SantaCon in New York (yes, SantaCon), all hell broke loose when a bunch of Santas decided to brawl in the streets.  
SantaCon is, basically, a huge bar crawl where people dress up like Santa, drink and, in this case, fight... <a href="https://wgrd.com/santacon-santas-street-brawl-throwdown-in-new-york-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At this year&apos;s SantaCon in New York (yes, SantaCon), all hell broke loose when a bunch of Santas decided to brawl in the streets.  
SantaCon is, basically, a huge bar crawl where people dress up like Santa, drink and, in this case, fight... <a href="https://wgrd.com/santacon-santas-street-brawl-throwdown-in-new-york-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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