Alas, Castroville's giant artichoke has been removed from the roof of the drive-in and is propped up alongside in fading, funky ignominy. Despite a spirited campaign by local surfers to save him, the giant Santa Claus has been banished from the rooftop of a greasy spoon on Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria and languishes in a vacant lot farther down the 101 freeway. There still is a massive lumberjack or some such icon presiding over a drive-in in Malibu on Pacific Coast Highway, I believe.