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Ohioan’s black Santa returned 1 year after theft

LIMA, Ohio

An Ohio woman’s animated decoration of a black Santa Claus has been returned to her yard a year after it was stolen.

Diana Carter tells The Lima News she was awakened early Christmas morning by a noise outside her Shawnee Township home and saw a silhouetted figure lying in the front yard. She called police, who confirmed that it was her Santa swiped last year on Christmas Day.

Carter says Santa held a Christmas card. The envelope read: “From the robbers to the victim.” Inside the card was the message, “Keep Santa safe. We tried. It’s a miracle he’s back.”

Carter says she forgives whoever took her Santa, which had been a gift from her late husband and was something of a neighborhood attraction during the holiday season.

Vehicle smashes into Tennessee house — again

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

A Tennessee National Guardsman had his Christmas Eve interrupted by news that a vehicle had smashed through his house — in the exact same spot another one did nearly two years ago.

In February 2010, a runaway construction truck had run into Doug Edmisten’s house when he was home from Iraq for his son’s birth, The Knoxville News Sentinel reported.

Edmisten says he, his wife and their son were visiting family when his neighbor called and said, “Merry Christmas. There’s a van in your house.”

The vehicle belonged to a neighbor, who told police he’d been working on the vehicle’s brakes.

The last time, the Edmisten family spent 65 days in a motel while the damage was repaired.

Edmisten figures they’ll celebrate their son’s second birthday at a motel.

Associated Press