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Why, yes, that was Santa dashing through the Charles by the Esplanade today, as captured by Rob Colonna.

WMFO, 91.5 FM in Medford, played two straight hours of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" this morning - including the versions by Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel and Michael Buble and Miss Piggy.

H/t Ron Newman for noticing, since here at UHub World Headquarters, we get WMLN in Milton on 91.5.

From the WBCN oldies collection.

H/t Gary C.

Adam Castiglioni watched Santa land in the North End today.

Jessica Kent watched his descent:

Louise Miller got a dawn look today at the Nova Scotia Christmas Tree on Boston Common - lit up last night - and the towers of the Back Bay.

Petra A. wandered around Christopher Columbus Park and Faneuil Hall Marketplace this evening.

Thomas Lawson, a native of Charlestown, was not well liked on Wall Street back in the day. Lawson, who started working as a bank clerk after he ran away from home at 12, became rich as a speculator in copper stocks, but later tried to reform Wall Street, which, as you can see from this 1905 cover of Puck magazine, did not much appreciate the attention. Read more.

Mark watched the School of Honk jamming on the Common this evening.

"Meanest MBTA ferry customer I have ever shared a shared a boat with," Nathan Peyton reports.