Chester's Santa is retiring

This will be Carlisle McCrorey's last Christmas season as Santa Claus.

The jolly Chester man has been riding at the end of Christmas parades for nearly 30 years. He told me this week that he's done after this holiday season.

Carlisle has played Santa in the Richburg and Lowrys parades since they started. He's been in Chester's parade for the last 21 years.

But the events are now too physically demanding, he said. At 86-years-old, he has a point.

You might wonder how he's been holding on this long. But there's something about the McCroreys of Richburg.

Carlisle's brother, John Boyd, won the mayor's race in the tiny town earlier this year.

The longest-serving mayor in the state, John Boyd is 90 years old.