Toyland, Santa Clause Lane

This toy-store was open for as long as I can remember. It was located, curiously enough on Santa Clause Lane in Carpinteria, CA. I'm not sure why it was called Santa Clause Lane, but for years there was a Santa Clause head, face and cap, being used for a roof of one of the buildings. My memory says there was a Reindeer Room Restaurant and a candy store that could have been named the Candy Cane. The Santa Clause head has been preserved and moved into Oxnard, a town about 30 miles south of here. You can see it from the freeway.

Toyland closed one day and I decided to record the event. Here is my photo in memory of Santa Clause Lane's Toy Store.