UpdatedSun, Dec 20, 2020 at 11:24 pm ET Reply Artist Teresa Stepp and her neighbor, Rich Bennett, pose in Santa's workshop in Joppatowne. (Elizabeth Janney/Patch) (Elizabeth Janney/Patch) JOPPATOWNE, MD — Teresa Stepp was determined not to let coronavirus ruin the holidays. "I have a three-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, and I couldn't imagine canceling Christmas," said Stepp, who lives in Joppatowne. That idea grew into a three-day event for local children and families to see Santa. Subscribe "I happen to live next door to Santa Claus," Stepp told Patch. She recalled how Rich Bennett, her neighbor who is Santa at Richardson Farms in Perry Hall, was having a conversation with her about how coronavirus had changed some of his holiday plans.