The Santa Claus Girls mission is to make sure no child is without a present each holiday season…keeping their workshop busy for months. But this year the workshop itself is a new challenge.

Santa will arrive in Old Town Square around 11:45 a.m. Nov. 26. His workshop will be open for free visits from noon to 6 p.m. that day as well as every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 19.

The Santa Claus Rally period starts Tuesday, with stocks rising an average of 1.3%. The Grinch might spoil our bullish holiday season, but the odds favor Santa's arrival.