This being the first year that Santa Claus (or anyone else, for that matter) won’t be at Laurel Centre Mall, let’s take a look back at his very first visit in 1979.
(Laurel News Leader)
Santa’s First Visit to Laurel Centre
Lost Laurel
Revisiting the Vanishing Retailers of Laurel, Maryland
Lost Laurel 
someone posted a picture of the old laurel hotel – would you like to have it? I might be able to download and send it to you.\
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Thanks, Susan—I’d love to see it!