{"id":5995,"date":"2022-12-25T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5995"},"modified":"2022-12-23T07:55:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T15:55:43","slug":"a-kingwood-man-put-his-whole-heart-into-being-santa-then-he-needed-a-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/12\/25\/a-kingwood-man-put-his-whole-heart-into-being-santa-then-he-needed-a-new-one\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kingwood man put his whole heart into being Santa. Then he needed a new one."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5995\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Texas man Deryl McKenzie has been a Santa Claus for nearly four decades, but needed a heart transplant in 2018. He&#8217;s now back to being Santa for the first time since his surgery.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone who knows Kingwood resident Deryl McKenzie calls him \u201cSanta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McKenzie, 71, has been a Santa Claus during the holiday season for more than four decades, but over the years, he truly\u00a0<em>became<\/em>\u00a0Santa. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/lifestyle\/renew-houston\/health\/article\/houston-santa-heart-transplant-17649259.php\">Read this heartwarming story<\/a> in the Houston Chronicle.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5995\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Texas man Deryl McKenzie has been a Santa Claus for nearly four decades, but needed a heart transplant in 2018. 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