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Published December 07, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Bentleyville's Santa


Tom Marciniak whitens his eyebrows as he transforms himself into Santa Claus at Bentleyville Sunday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • Tom Marciniak whitens his eyebrows as he transforms himself into Santa Claus at Bentleyville Sunday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Tom Marciniak fastens his coat as he becomes Santa Claus Sunday. Marciniak has been Bentleyville’s Santa for five years. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Tom Marciniak pulls on his Santa beard. It takes him roughly a half hour to make the transformation to Santa Claus. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Tom Marciniak does a final check in a mirror before going to his sled to meet children at Bentleyville Sunday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Santa Claus shows Annika Besser, 5, of Gary-New Duluth, his magic snow globe. If he shakes the globe and snowflakes fall inside it, the child in question was good this year. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • With some of Bentleyville’s displays behind them, families wait in line to visit Santa. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)