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Second cocktails event aids fundraising efforts for LF parks

Gary Kantor (right) performs magic tricks for a group of people at the Cocktails with the Clauses event held at Northcroft Park Friday, Dec. 7, in Lake Forest. Photos by Alex Newman/22nd Century Media
Billy Gundlach poses for a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Friends of Lake Forest Cocktails with the Clauses event held Friday, Dec. 7, in Lake Forest. Alex Newman/22nd Century Media
Andrea O’Neil (right) takes a turn around the room with Santa at the event in which the proceeds were donated to Lake Forest’s general parks fund.
Ronnie Wachter, Freelance Reporter
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Ronnie Wachter, Freelance Reporter
4:33 pm CST December 10, 2018

When Santa and Mrs. Claus burst through the doors of the Northcroft Park Pavilion for the first of their three-night stay on the North Shore, it brought to some visitors’ minds a pair of vital questions: Where are they staying? And, are the organizers of the fundraising event they came to support paying for a hotel for the world’s most famous couple?

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