{"id":10565,"date":"2011-12-25T19:58:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T00:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=10565"},"modified":"2011-12-25T20:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T01:00:55","slug":"santa-saves-two-from-burning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/12\/santa-saves-two-from-burning-car","title":{"rendered":"Santa saves two from burning car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ho, ho, ho, that&#8217;s him &#8212; the jolly ol&#8217; elf himself at a Dallas intersection, where he startled motorists by pulling two passengers out of a crashed vehicle shortly before it exploded into flame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10567\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/santa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10567\" title=\"santa\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/santa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa&#39;s helper in Dallas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then Santa stuck around to direct traffic around the flaming car.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out it wasn&#8217;t Santa himself, but one of his helpers &#8212; who had been delivering toys to disadvantaged kids.<\/p>\n<p>And whose own son was killed in a similar wreck a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=135972738&amp;pos=top&amp;swfw=$swfw\"><\/script><object id=\"null\" width=\"470\" height=\"377\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"cachebusting\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"config=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/?j=135972738&amp;ref=\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA\" \/><embed id=\"null\" width=\"470\" height=\"377\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/swfs.bimvid.com\/bimvid_player-3_2_7.swf?x-bim-callletters=WFAA\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" quality=\"high\" cachebusting=\"true\" flashvars=\"config=http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/?j=135972738&amp;ref=\" \/><\/object><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/templates\/belo_embedWrapper.js?storyid=135972738&amp;pos=bottom\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ho, ho, ho, that&#8217;s him &#8212; the jolly ol&#8217; elf himself at a Dallas intersection, where he startled motorists by pulling two passengers out of a crashed vehicle shortly before it exploded into flame. 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