Nkhani Pambuyo pa "World Theme First Park".
Dziko la Tchuthi linkalimbikitsidwa kuchokera ku tawuni yotchedwa Caps, yomwe ili komweko, Santa Claus. Pali mbiri yakale yotsatizana ndi dash yokha: Akuluakulu a tawuniyi ankafuna kutchula malo a kumwera kwa Indiana, "Santa Fe," koma akuluakulu a positi atsimikiza kuti dzinalo latengedwa kale. Pa Khirisimasi, 1852, nzika zinasonkhana kuti zisankhe dzina la anthu ammudzi. Nthano imanena kuti khomo la nyumba ya msonkhano linatsegulidwa ndipo wina wonyezimira wofiira anawonekera.
Pamene mau adatuluka pa tauniyi ndi dzina la matsenga, alendo adayamba kupanga maulendo a December koma anakhumudwa chifukwa chopeza zinthu zambiri kuposa sitolo yambiri, positi, ndi nyumba zambiri. Pulezidenti Wadziko Lachitatu Wolimbitsa Will Koch adati agogo ake anali ndi "lingaliro lopanda nzeru ngati limeneli kumanga Santa Claus Land" m'ma 1940.
Atatsegulidwa mu 1946, Koch akuti Santa Claus Land inali "malo oyambirira ku Paki padziko lapansi." Izi zimakonzeratu dera la Disneyland (lomwe linatsegulidwa mu 1955), koma zotsutsana zingapangidwe kuti "malo ena okongola" amabwerera ku 1893 World's Columbian Exposition kapena Denmark Tivoli Gardens, yomangidwa mu 1843, patsogolo pa Santa Claus Land. Ndipo madera ena, kuphatikizapo anansi a Disneyland, a Knott a Berry Farm , amadziwikiranso kuti dzikoli ndilo liwu loyamba la paki.
Poyamba, pakiyo inali yotsegulidwa chaka chonse ndipo inalembetsa anthu ambiri pamsonkhano wa Khirisimasi.
Mzinda wa Santa, kumudzi wa Bavaria, ndi anthu omwe ali ndi mbiri ya katatu anali pakati pa mfundo zoyambirira. Chiphunzitso cha Ufulu, chimodzi mwa zochitika zoyambirira, chinagwirabe ntchito mpaka 2013. Pa tsiku la kubadwa kwa 70 mu 2016, pakiyo inabweretsanso sitimayo ngati chiwonetsero chachisangalalo.
Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 60 ndi makumi asanu ndi awiri, a Kochs adapanga malo ena okwera.
Mu 1984, banja linasintha dzina la pakiyo kuti likhale " Holiday World " ndipo linayambitsa magawo awo mpaka pachinayi cha July ndi Halloween. Kuyambika mu 1995, ndi chiyambi cha Raven, pakiyo inayamba kupanga makina olemera padziko lonse omwe adawonetsa mbiri yake. Nthanoyi inatsatidwa mu 2000, ndipo mtengo wake wachitatu, The Voyage , unatsegulidwa kuti ukhale wotchuka kwambiri mu 2006 pamodzi ndi malo atsopano a tchuthi, Thanksgiving. Mu 2015, World Holiday inatcha chigawo chake choyamba chachitsulo, Thunderbird, chomwechi chili mu gawo la Thanksgiving pa paki. Mbalame yake yotchedwa Splashin 'Safari , yomwe ndi yaikulu kwambiri komanso yotchuka kwambiri, ikuphatikizidwa ndi kuvomerezedwa ku Holiday World.
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, pakiyi inatha kugwira ntchito chaka chonse kumayambiriro kwa zaka 70 ndipo yatsekedwa nthawi ya Khirisimasi kuyambira nthawi imeneyo. Koch akuti kuwonjezeka kwa masitolo ndi malo ogulitsa Santas anapitako nthawi ya Khirisimasi ku Holiday World yopanda mwayi wapadera komanso pambuyo pa chilimwe. (Ili lotseguka kumapeto kwa September ndi October chifukwa cha "Sabata lachimwemwe cha Sabata," komabe.) Kwa alendo omwe amayendera tawuni ya Santa Claus pafupi ndi Khirisimasi, ziri ngati kale kale. "Tsoka ilo, palibe zambiri zoti iwo achite," Koch avomereza.
N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti Will Koch adakali wamng'ono m'chaka cha 2010. Ana ake aakazi, Lauren Crosby ndi Leah Koch, ndiwo mbadwo wachinayi wokhala ndi malowa.