Over half a century ago, the city of Dallas, Texas once was the proud owner of the world’s largest Santa statue (at the time). In 1953, a giant 85 foot metal & papier-machie Santa Claus stood (or rather sat) on the old Porter Chevrolet at the corner of 5500 E Mockingbird. The statue was created by the same man who made the Big Tex, Jack Bridges. He built a giant Santa Claus holding a Chevy car for the 1953 Christmas season.