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World's Oldest Santa Statue

World's Oldest Santa Statue

22 feet tall and slightly frightening. Dedicated on Christmas Day, 1935, it's the sole survivor of an attraction named Santa Claus Park. Roadsideamerica.com Report... [12/15/2008]

World's Oldest Santa Statue

Recently acquired by the Koch family of Holiday World. The Santa statue will be restored in 2011. [H Grant, 07/15/2011]

World's Oldest Santa Statue

Oblivious to the melancholy charm of the crumbling World's Oldest Santa Statue, the owners of Holiday World (a theme park across the street) have announced that Santa will get a makeover. Beginning in May 2011, and lasting for two months, Santa will be patched up and sandblasted clean so that he once again resembles the snow white cement Santa that was unveiled in 1935. Holiday World also announced that the 40-ton statue may be moved afterward to a "more visible" location. [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 04/09/2011]

Oldest Santa Claus Land Statue

I reported this statue a few years ago, and returned in December 2009 for another look. Really pretty bad that a town named Santa Claus would allow the original statue to rot away in favor of a bunch of fiberglass cheapies... [derek cohoon, 01/16/2010]

Original Santa Claus Land Statue

This 22 foot high granite statue was erected in 1935, weighs over 40 tons, and sits on the site of the original location of Santa Claus Land. The statue is back off of Route 245 on a hill. I parked in a construction company's parking lot and walked up the hill to take the picture. It is near Holiday World Amusement park. A fiberglass replica of this statue sits in front of the Santa Claus Town Hall building. [Derek Cohoon, 07/28/2003]