brilliant mistake

At first, it always seems like a good idea.

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December 22
lahistory: Posting one of the many great photos in this week’s “Holiday Celebrations of SoCal’s Past,” compiled by L.A. as Subject on KCET. In this photo, Santa Claus participates in a stunt at a speed boat rodeo at L.A.’s Cabrillo Beach on Christmas Eve, 1955. [Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.]

lahistory:

Posting one of the many great photos in this week’s “Holiday Celebrations of SoCal’s Past,” compiled by L.A. as Subject on KCET. In this photo, Santa Claus participates in a stunt at a speed boat rodeo at L.A.’s Cabrillo Beach on Christmas Eve, 1955. [Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.]