Before the Howdy
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Before he said “Howdy,” he was Santa Claus. In 1949, Kerens, Texas, built a giant Santa to bring Christmas shoppers back to town. That unlikely attraction became Big Tex. This six-part documentary follows the builders, setbacks, $750 sale, transformation, fire, and enduring legacy of a Texas icon. With historical accounts, dramatic readings, music, and sound effects. Production note: AI-generated voices and music; recreated effects. Historical readings and newly written questions are dramatizations, not archival recordings or new interviews.
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