In 1932 a local newspaper editor wanted to bring joy to the town of Mesa. He arranged for a man dressed as Santa to parachute from a plane to join the Christmas parade. But everything did not go according to plan and for the rest of his life, the editor was called: The Man Who Killed Santa Claus…

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The man who killed Santa Claus 
The day Santa died in Mesa
The shame of the newspaper editor who ‘killed’ Santa in public view
Santa Claus nearly died in Arizona
How hundreds of kids witnessed the ‘death’ of Santa Claus after he jumped out of a plane
The man who killed Santa
The story of the Tribune and ‘The man who killed Santa’
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Narrated by Noel Vinson
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