Barbara Massey Mapps chats with Santa Claus – as interpreted by Dr. Benjamin Cashaw – as she visits Christmas in the City, a holiday community event hosted by Fruit of the City in Buffalo that Mapps' sister, Katherine Massey, supported.
Barbara Massey Mapps hugs family attorney John Elmore as they leave the Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse where federal charges were been filed against the Tops gunman.
Katherine Massey, in an image taken in 2011.
Addie Prasad, 12, takes a moment with her bells before performing with the Buffalo Bell Ringers at Christmas in the City, a holiday community event hosted by Fruit of the City, in Buffalo, Dec. 10, 2022.
Jose Rodriguez, right, smiles as his grandson Angel-Gabriel Gonzalez, 6, raises his arms in excitement, watching Alfonso "Funso" Thornton fashioning a balloon sword during Christmas in the City, a holiday community event hosted by Fruit of the City, in Buffalo.
Even Santa Claus had to pause for this introduction. He had been greeting little children when he spotted Barbara Massey Mapps approaching him at a “Christmas in the City” celebration on Michigan Avenue, and Santa stepped forward to say a few quiet things, above the tumult, in Barbara’s ear.
A family image of Kat Massey.
Sean Kirst is a columnist with The Buffalo News. Email him at skirst@buffnews.com.
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Barbara Massey Mapps chats with Santa Claus – as interpreted by Dr. Benjamin Cashaw – as she visits Christmas in the City, a holiday community event hosted by Fruit of the City in Buffalo that Mapps' sister, Katherine Massey, supported.
Jose Rodriguez, right, smiles as his grandson Angel-Gabriel Gonzalez, 6, raises his arms in excitement, watching Alfonso "Funso" Thornton fashioning a balloon sword during Christmas in the City, a holiday community event hosted by Fruit of the City, in Buffalo.
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