(WLOX) - The 100 Men Hall’s 5th annual “A Soulful Christmas” is a holiday fun fest for all ages featuring a hot breakfast and selfies with the African American Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Litchfield’s famous resident African American, Van Spence, used to dress up as Santa for the G.A.R.’s annual Christmas party back in the late 1800s. He was roly-poly, and jolly, with a ...