REALLY FUN STAPLE OF THE HOLIDAYS, AND OUR SYDNEY CHADWICK’S TAKES US TO A STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE THAT IS MAKING HOME DECORATING A TEAM EFFORT IN IN A BIG WAY. IT’S JUST SIMPLE JOY AND HAPPINESS. IT REALLY IS. DURING THE HOLIDAYS, NOTHING PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE QUITE LIKE A WAVE FROM A GIANT JOLLY MAN IN THE RED SUIT. WE JUST LOVE MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY. BUT WHAT ABOUT 40 OF THEM? WE WANTED TO GO BIG BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT EARL STREET DOES LINING EAST EARL STREET IN GREENVILLE AND BEYOND STARTED WITH OUR BLOCK HERE ON 100 EAST EARL AND HAS EXPANDED TO THE ADJACENT BLOCKS AND THEN EVEN OVER TO WEST EARL. AND IF YOU CAN’T TELL BY LOOKING THESE SANTAS ARE NOT SMALL AND HE’S 14FT AND THEY SEE YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING AND WHEN YOU’RE AWAKE, HE STAYS UP PRETTY MUCH 24 OVER SEVEN. THE WOMAN BEHIND THE IDEA TO LONGTIME EAST EARL STREET RESIDENTS WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND. IT SPREADS THAT THAT CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND THAT CHRISTMAS JOY. AND THAT’S YOU KNOW, THAT’S REALLY WHY WE DID THIS. AND WHEN THEY SHARED THE IDEA OF PUTTING UP THESE GIANT INFLATABLE SANTAS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS WAS THE RESPONSE. IT WAS OVERWHELMING AND INSTANTANEOUS. PRETTY MUCH SO. ONE BY ONE, THE SANTAS APPEARED AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THEY’RE GAINING SOME POPULARITY. THE SANTAS MAKE EVERYONE SLOW DOWN. WE SEE PEOPLE VIDEO. WE SEE CARS WITH KIDS HANGING OUT, COUNTING THEM. THE BEST PART OF IT HAS JUST BEEN SEEING THE PEOPLE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THE FAMILIES WALKING. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, YOU KNOW, COUNTING THE SANTAS. AS FOR WHEN THE SANTAS WILL SAY GOODBYE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, OH, NO, WE DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT