{"id":1125465,"date":"2021-12-16T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125465"},"modified":"2021-12-16T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:58:48","slug":"95-year-old-pennsylvania-craftsman-gifts-300-wooden-toys-to-local-children-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/95-year-old-pennsylvania-craftsman-gifts-300-wooden-toys-to-local-children-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"95-Year-Old Pennsylvania Craftsman Gifts 300 Wooden Toys to Local Children for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F95-year-old-pennsylvania-craftsman-gifts-300-wooden-toys-to-local-children-for-christmas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1125465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/frank-zhang-Z4iE2lZbwUE-unsplash-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A 95-year-old craftsman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/local\/2019\/12\/07\/elderly-toymaker-donates-300-wooden-toys-to-local-kids-for-christmas\/\">continues<\/a> his annual effort of making hundreds of wooden toys, his Christmas gifts for western Pennsylvania children.<\/p>\n<p>The toymaker, Ed Higinbotham, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/fayette-county-pennsylvania-ed-higinbotham-95-year-old-toymaker\/38537450\">works<\/a> year-round in his home workshop in Georges Township, Fayette County, to ensure 300 wooden trucks, horses, cars, and tractors are ready for Christmas, according to News 4.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s just something that I enjoy doing, and now I make somebody else happy, and if that\u2019s Santa Claus, then I\u2019m Santa Claus,\u201d a grinning Higinbotham told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 in 2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania state troopers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSPTroopBPIO\/status\/1471463008589201410\">picked<\/a> up the toys from Higinbotham on Thursday morning for distribution, according to a tweet from Trooper Forrest Allison.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3173913043478\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At 95 Ed\u2019s still at it! We just picked up 300 wooden toys for all to enjoy. Ed reminds us of the true definition of kindness. Thank You Ed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1R9lGCLqIn\">pic.twitter.com\/1R9lGCLqIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trooper Forrest Allison (@PSPTroopBPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSPTroopBPIO\/status\/1471463008589201410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In previous years, state police have <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2019\/12\/05\/ed-higinbotham-is-making-toys-for-hundreds-of-children-in-the-area\/\">distributed<\/a> the toys to pre-schools and other locations throughout the community where they will be cherished and enjoyed by children, according to KDKA.<\/p>\n<p>Trooper Robert Broadwater became a part of the distribution effort a few years ago, according to a 2019 interview with News 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a success. People really like Ed. They\u2019ve grown to him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Broadwater added that the children often like to personalize the toys once they receive them.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of them like to paint them, have fun with them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day that you actually get a homemade wooden toy, and I think the young people appreciate that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Higinbotham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideedition.com\/94-year-old-man-assumes-the-role-of-santa-for-pennsylvania-town-and-makes-300-wooden-toys-for-local\">says<\/a> he began the hobby in the 1980s, according to Inside Edition. He estimates he has given away upwards of 3000 toys, earning him the nickname \u201cFayette Santa\u201d among local residents.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 95-year-old craftsman continues his annual effort of making hundreds of wooden toys, his Christmas gifts for western Pennsylvania children. 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