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Santa Arrives Early in Buffalo Grove

Do you recognize the man behind that beard?

Santa Claus arrived early in Buffalo Grove, making a special Christmas Eve visit to a 3-year-old.

Or did he?

That big red coat and white beard certainly make this visitor look like the real North Pole native, but Patch reader Mary Zorn Pospiech said it was actually Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Terry Vavra who arrived on a fire engine to greet Charlie, who had only asked Santa to bring him a fire truck.

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“He got more than he bargained for,” she said.


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