CASCADE, Colo. — Who could possibly get to work at the North Pole before Santa?

His name is Tom Haggard and he owns the North Pole , the one in the mountains west of Colorado Springs. Tom and his family have been running this alpine amusement park for 69 years.

It's the North Pole's busiest couple of weeks. Black Friday is sold out.

"There's people when I get up here on Friday and tailgate Friday morning, they'll be up here cooking breakfast at 7 o'clock in the morning. We don't open until 9:30. It's part of their family traditions," Tom said.

On a crisp Colorado morning, Tom is usually the first to get to work. He raises the flags, walks the park, and makes sure there is fire (in the fire pits) because of the ice (everywhere else, usually).

"People have photos from every year. It's

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