Did you know there's a one-of-a-kind Santa Claus Museum in Columbus, Texas? It's the only Santa Museum in the South.

The museum holds more than 3,000 Santa ornaments, figurines, music boxes, paintings, trinkets and more. It's open for FREE every Thursday, Friday and Saturday the entire month of December and Santa Claus is there too, for photos with the families and to chat with the kiddos. More info is available at www.santamuseum.org or on Facebook @SantaMuseumTexas.

Museum hours are 11 am to 4 pm.

The museum is owned and operated by the nonprofit Columbus Historical Preservation Trust.

For more info call (979) 732-8385.