Santa Museum

The Santa Claus Museum in Santa Claus Indiana is a very short drive from Holiday World and Santa's Candy Castle.  I think you could drive from any one of those to the other in a minute or two.

The Santa Claus Museum was busy the day we went.  I was glad to see that!

On our trip there in October, they were having
a bit of a Halloween celebration going on!  In fact, later that evening they were going to do a reading of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in the church.  There were rumors that the Headless Horseman himself might make an appearance!

I wish I could have hung around for that.  I will have to check the museum's website for cool events like that in the future!

http://www.santaclausmuseum.org/

And speaking of the church (which would be the perfect venue for a telling of the Sleepy Hollow story)- the museum is doing a lot of work to preserve the place! 

The old church, originally built in 1880 was recently moved to this site!  It seems that it was difficult to keep an eye on the church at its former location, so it was moved!

We talked to a couple of people at the museum who obviously care a lot about restoring and maintaining the great old church!  We were given a nice tour buy one of the staff there and you could feel their enthusiasm for the project!

Also on this site is the legendary Santa Claus statue.  You can see him clearly from inside the church.  Or, you can go outside and walk up to him!

Santa Claus has something very special going on.  A person (or family) can spend multiple days at Holiday World, especially during the summer when the water park section is open.

Your visit to the town will not be complete without a visit to Santa's Candy Castle, The Santa Claus Museum, the post office (get your postmarks!), and the great Christmas themed stores near post office.  There is a lot going on in this small little town!