August 2022 --“I didn’t become Santa,” says Joe Murphy. “This girl made me Santa.” The young girl Joe is talking about is Vada, (pictured above) a neighbor of the Murphy family in Blue Island. “My daughter had me at our store (Three Sisters Antiques) from 5 to 8 o’clock. Around 7:55 p.m. I’m looking at my watch and just praying for 8 o’clock to come because I am sweating bullets in this suit. At 8 o’clock I run upstairs—we live upstairs from the store—to take off this outfit