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For many children, Santa Claus is a red-suited, black-booted bringer of cheer and material goods with a white beard and cheeks the color of candy apples. But some people looking to spread seasonal spirit like to do things a little differently. Like Pancho Claus. A tradition in Houston, Texas since 1981, Pancho Claus opts for a zoot suit rather than a red coat and shades instead of white gloves. His “sleigh” is a 1972 Cadillac El Dorado lowrider. Instead of coming in through the chimney, he prefers to make his entrance through a bathroom window. The details might not sound familiar, but to thousands of families in the Houston area, Pancho Claus is as much a part of the holiday season as his more corpulent colleague. The idea originated in 1981, when Houston native Richard Reyes was asked to write a play about Pancho, who had first appeared in urban folklore in the area in the 1970s following the Chicano civil rights movement. Reyes wrote a play based on Twas the Night Before

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