Will Koch volunteered it, offered it right up like he does free soft drinks. Holiday World can be twice as successful.

Most of the jobs will be at the theme park which is expecting a record number of applicants for its 2,100 positions, according to Brandon Berg, director of human resources.

Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort and the Santa Claus Christmas Store in Santa Claus will host a job fair Feb.

Vaclav Havel, who has seen a few cells in his time, once pointed out that while most rookie convicts expect boredom to be the predominant state during incarceration, the opposite in fact holds true.

Bill and Lois Scott met on a blind date after he called her twice to set it up, even though he had never seen her or met her.

Westfield High School sophomore Quinten James said making a fool of himself came with the territory when he agreed to co-host his school's talent show tonight.

The Valparaiso YMCA recently hosted its Member Appreciation Day, which included a chili dinner and visit with Santa.

I've met the real Santa twice - once at 6 years of age and again this year at 76.

You've heard the expression, 'What goes around comes around.'' So true.On Christmas Day, sitting alone and thinking of the Marine son who was taken by cancer recently.

A recent photo taken at a family reception shows my three brothers and me in dark suits, standing side by side like an a cappella quartet.

"What does Santa feed his reindeer?" "What kind of cookies does Santa like?" "How will I know when Santa has been to my house?" Kids are filled with all kinds of questions when they visit jolly ol' St.

Christmas in modern times often seems wrought with tension and stress, mostly brought on by the way adults treat the season.

Stephanie Abney's heart pounded Monday night as she waited for the long-anticipated return of her husband, Greg, from Iraq.

With the holidays here, do any of these nonfictional characters sound familiar to you? Does anyone of them ring a sleigh bell in your memory? Did one of them sit at your table at last year's Christmas party? Or corner you on New Year's Eve, forcing you to tell lies to escape their ho-ho-hum conversation? I have, and it wasn't pretty.

Thumbs up: To the anonymous donor who gifted a rare gold 1977 South African Krugerrand coin to the Salvation Army's red kettle in Chesterfield on Wednesday.

Editors note: Associate editor John Dempsey and staff writer Denise Massie recently had the opportunity to sit down with Santa Claus before his big night of work on Christmas Eve.

By Ida Chipman Correspondent PLYMOUTH - It was cold and getting colder when the members of the Boys & Girls Club, Plymouth, came inside the building last Thursday.

Believing in Santa Claus requires an imagination. Indianapolis filmmaker Dan T. Hall has used his own imagination to write a Christmas story with an original twist.

A missing 3-foot-tall plastic Santa Claus stolen from a home last week was found Sunday, its owner said.

It happens each holiday season, when during an otherwise random conversation about New Urbanism, heirloom tomatoes or the reasons why the Confederacy got whipped in the Civil War, someone will look at me with dismay and say: "You're such a Grinch, Roger." My response never varies: "Thank you very much." The roots of my longstanding Yuletide ...