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Here’s A Christmas Poll For You: Everyone Loves Lyndhurst’s Santa Sarnoski
Ask any of the countless adults and children who’ve met him: You won't find a kinder, more giving -- and beloved -- Santa Claus than Joe Sarnoski of Lyndhurst. For decades now, Sarnoski has made a minimum of 40 appearances a season as Santa, often visiting ailing or disabled children in hospitals and at their homes. For many, the retired Lyndhurst police captain is the face of Christmas. That's why friends and loved ones got so riled over a local newspaper story that used a photo of him for a story that claimed New Jerseyans hate the Yuletide. Daughter Michele Sarnoski, who teaches E…
