600 Santas

Bob and Lillie Conrad have collected an estimated 600 Santas over the past 30 years.

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Sun., Dec. 20, 2015

Passersby are greeted to Bob and Lillie Conrad’s Spokane Valley home, at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Herald Road, with a waving Santa Claus. The Conrads have collected an estimated 600 Santas over the past 30 years.

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Bob Conrad has been collecting Santas for the past 30 years. Here he is in the front room of his Spokane Valley home with a singing model. The Santa used to dance but is mechanically broken.

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Bob Conrad adjusts his Santa Claus hat and beard in the bathroom mirror, Dec. 9, 2015, at his Spokane Valley home. Conrad played Santa at the Crescent Building in the 1990s.

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Bob Conrad has been collecting Santas for the past 30 years. These are ceramic Santas depicting the jolly old man in the early 1900s in Belgium and Germany.

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Bob Conrad's Santa Claus collection fills the mantle and shelves in the basement of his Spokane Valley home. The main Santa at the center of the room is motion activated and will sing and dance. He has the exact same Santa upstairs but is broken and won’t dance.

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Lillie Conrad clicks an electric switch to illuminate Santa and Mrs. Claus in the Conrad's Spokane Valley home.

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A grouping of Santas are displayed under pictures of Bob and Lillie Conrad's family in their Spokane Valley home.

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From big Santa to small, Bob Conrad has it all. This little Santa fits over a string of Christmas lights in his basement.

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Bob Conrad says this is his favorite. It depicts Santa praying over the Christ child.

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Bob Conrad hits the on button on his Christmas countdown clock, Dec. 9, 2015, at his Spokane Valley home. Conrad played Santa at the Crescent Building in the 1990s.

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Bob and Lillie Conrad's front room is filled with Santa and Christmas decorations from floor to ceiling.

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The Conrads’ bathroom features a light-activated snowman with a Santa hat and plunger that sings bathroom humor Christmas songs.

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Bob Conrad even has an array of Santa Claus displays outside of his Spokane Valley home. He has collected an estimated 600 Santas over the past 30 years.

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