The pandemic that stole Christmas.
It seemed enough to make those who portray Santa in parades, at shopping malls and at other public events put their Santa suits in mothballs until next December, when the coronavirus presumably will be little more than a bad memory.
But, like the Whos down in Whoville, Bowling Greenâs best-known Santa has taken what was looking like a lemon of a Christmas season and turned it into some pretty sweet lemonade.
Robert Karrick, who this time of year normally is ho-ho-ho-ing in a sackful of parades and other public events, has not only continued his âSanta Bobâ persona but has expanded his reach through technology that rivals the best North Pole wizardry.