GREENVILLE, Pa — A northwestern Pennsylvania tobacco shop is turning the image of the jovial, pipe-smoking Santa on its head by having Saint Nick huff on a hookah.

Up In Smoke store manager Sue Stoyer says customer reaction to the display has been mixed. But she notes many early depictions of Santa Claus have him puffing on a pipe.

Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” includes a reference to the jolly old elf clenching a pipe in his teeth, with a ring of smoke around his head.

The tiny town’s holiday parade this month made the window a source of both amusement and scorn.

Dem to run in district he’s drawn out ofHARRISBURG — A Democratic candidate for Congress says he’ll run for Pennsylvania’s 11th District U.S. House seat, even though his Wilkes-Barre house sits across the boundary of a new district map expected to become law shortly.Bill Vinsko said Wednesday that he’ll continue with his plans to challenge freshman Republican Rep. Lou Barletta.Republican mapmakers redrew Pennsylvania’s U.S. House districts. In the process, they made dramatic changes to the 11th District in an effort to improve Barletta’s chances to win a second two-year term in next year’s election.Vinsko says his house is at the tip of a triangle that the Republican mapmakers cut into Luzerne County.