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MAKING SPIRITS
Meet Santa at the Oswego Christmas Walk, courtesy of a magical snow globe scene By Kevin Druley Photos by Locked In Photography
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etermined to repeat the resounding joy she helped create last year, Wendy Greenslade is creating yet another magical display this winter.
Families who delighted in the “Santa’s workshop” motif, which allowed children to visit Santa Claus in a socially distanced manner in 2020, will find a life-size vintage snow globe display during the Oswego Christmas Walk on Dec. 3. Not to mention the big guy himself. As before, Greenslade and her husband, Jayson, developed the meticulous design and construction, which will be situated within Greenslade’s Locked In Photography studio at 74 Main St. in downtown Oswego.
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“We wanted it to look nice and be something amazing that kids walk into and be in awe,” Greenslade says. Greenslade estimates some 400 families visited Santa during last year’s walk. The Santa visit is sponsored by the Oswego Downtown Association. Children posed for pictures free of charge adjacent to a Santa buffered by special glass that made the classic wish list exchange easy to decipher while providing a warm, homey visual. Getting a professional photo will be free again this year. Cringing at various photos of mall or department store displays in which large, utilitarian blocks of plexiglass separated St. Nick from his biggest fans, Greenslade then resolved to be different while also abiding by
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