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...multitudes of happy souls, Santa Claus did not pop down the chimney this year. He squeezed into the mailbox. It was history's greatest mail-order spending spree, and despite the catalogues' enticements to decadence and conspicuous frivolity, Americans for the most part ordered up gifts that tended to be more tenable than trendy, disproving the adage that there's no fool like a Yule fool. Said Bergdorf Goodman Executive Vice President Leonard Hankin: "This was the kind of Christmas where people were investing in things because they were not so sure of what was going...
...legitimate sidewalk Santa? Why, a Hare Krishna Santa, of course. This year, Hare Krishna Santa, have stepped up their campaign, perhaps bolstered by the demise of Volunteers of America Santas in Boston. But they are not always well-received by people on the street who think the Krishna Clauses misrepresent themselves and take money away from more established charities like the Salvation Army. Last Saturday, the Krishna Claus working Park Square seemed to be doing fairly well as his bucket, which displayed the logo ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), was filled with change and bills. However, while he busily...
Most Santas feel a weight responsibility in living up to the role. "I get myself psyched up for it," the Filene's Santa said. "I don't let my own day affect the way I am as a Santa Claus. Santa Claus is somebody that has a great image to fulfill." The Jordan Marsh Santa expressed a fear of raising unlikely expectations. "With all this inflation," he said, "I don't promise anything...
...Hard Krishna Santas arrived last on the scene. Conspicuous in their too-new costumes and barely concealed nubby heads, they compensate for their late arrival with aggressiveness--a Krishna-Claus in Rockefeller Center forced candy on me till I pleaded diabetes. Legally sanctioned now in Boston, the Krishnas no longer fear the police. Now they have to face the Salvation Army, which they claim has mobilized against them. "The Salvation Army is very envious," one Krishna-Claus told me. "They heckle us continually, and the other day they ran me out of here. They took off my beard.... They beat...
Kids may wonder which Santa is real and why there are so many of him; yet Santa Claus remains a significant symbol to most children, the fat and jolly bringer of Battlestar Galactica and Baby Tenderlove. While collegians' thoughts may turn more to Santa Barbara than Santa Claus, the ubiquitous elf cannot easily be ignored. As the song goes, Santa Claus is coming to town--in force...