The Santa Box is pictured on Main Street in Johnstown. (Photo submitted)
JOHNSTOWN — After a dozen years of acting as Santa Claus for kids in the Johnstown community, local businesswoman Evamarie Mraz is ready to let someone else give it a try.
“I’ve absolutely enjoyed it,” the saintly volunteer said Wednesday. “The kids are resilient.”
Mraz, assisted by her family, has answered the letters of little children placed in the red Santa Box in front of her downtown A&E Sportswear store  The embroidery shop is located at 25 West Main St.
She said that for the last 12 years the letters to Santa that have been put in this mailbox, she has answered.’