Santa Claus isn’t a guy who typically gets presents beyond cookies and milk on Christmas Eve.
But when a greedy Grinch put his busy appearance schedule in jeopardy, the good boys and girls in Bucks County rallied to save the holiday season for him.
“I feel like Santa again,” the magic elf said. “I got my Christmas spirit back.
This 2020 Christmas story started a week or so before Thanksgiving when someone swiped Santa’s signature red velvet suit with gold buttons and white fur trim and a matching cap.
As if that wasn’t enough to make the naughty list, the thief took his accessories, too: sturdy black boots, hand-tooled leather belt, eyeglasses, gloves, and a brass key he uses to get into houses without chimneys.
Those are the colors he sees when looking at those particular shades.
The 52-year-old creator of one of Bucks County’s most elaborate, and popular, home holiday lights displays is color blind, a vision impairment that affects one in 12 men and one in 200 women worldwide.
It means that Harnishfeger has never been able to fully appreciate his electric eye candy that resembles a fireworks display set to music. It attracts hundreds of visitors to his Middletown street during the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Until Thursday night. That is when he was surprised with two pairs of special glasses designed to correct his red-green color blindness.
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