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Explore the fascinating rise and fall of Santa Claus, Arizona, a Christmas-themed desert town that operated for over 50 years near Kingman. Discover how this unique real estate experiment during the Great Depression transformed into one of America's most unusual tourist attractions, complete with Santa's workshop, themed houses, a post office for Santa letters, and a critically acclaimed roadside inn. Learn about the town's journey to national fame, its celebrity visitors including Jane Russell, its influence on writers like Robert A. Heinlein, and the eventual decay that led to its complete disappearance from the map. Uncover the remarkable story of how holiday magic found its way to the Arizona desert and examine the factors that ultimately caused this beloved Route 66 attraction to become another chapter in American urban decay history.
