Santa Fe Springs

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a city in SW California, near Los Angeles: oil wells.

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What, I suspect, we really want from Santa is peace (and quiet) at home for the holidays.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An office manager, he says, was wearing an apron with Santa on it.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, feeling “a little loopy” from beers, he sat down and wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bohac vowed to that when he came back next year there would be no confusion about any Christmas tree or Santa aprons.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
So it was decided, and the little force took up the march for Brown's Springs, eleven miles away.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
He inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In the midst of these meditations, the dungeon door opened, and Santa Cruz himself appeared on the threshold.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Santa Cruz embraced him, with more agitation than his stately mien might have announced.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter