Chronicle Live reported.Rhod's wife Sue said: "He was just such a larger than life character, and the world is definitely a darker place without him in it.
Only Rhod could have chosen Christmas Day to depart, and he's made sure he'll never be forgotten. Christmas is Rhod's day now: people will be dressing up as Santa and eating good food, and thinking of him."He was very much of the view that life is for living, and he wouldn't want Jade and I to be upset.
Of course we are missing him terribly, but there's not a single thing you can think of about Rhod that doesn't make you smile, that doesn't have joy in it."He was the perfect Santa - kids always loved him because he was a big kid himself - and he would convince even adults that they'd met.
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