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...Newell Convers) Wyeth, whose illustrations for such books as Treasure Island and The Last of the Mohicans lit the eyes of generations of children. "My father," Andy says fervently, "was big in his feeling and the way he lived. At Christmas he used to play Santa Claus with electric lights all over him and practically come down the chimney. His studio was like his painting, loaded with stuff-pistols, swords, chests...
...Claus Gelotte camera store could not foresee any drops in its prices, while Derby Jewelers refused any comment...
Another section of the Dutch Reformed Church formally condemned Christmas trees and Santa Claus as "heathen...
...nature "bad." But 272 were firmly orthodox in declaring their belief in a personal rather than an impersonal God (one came out for no God at all), and 271 accepted the divinity of Christ. (Nineteen checked "a noble man only"; one, "just a symbol of good, like Santa Claus or the Goddess of Liberty...
...when he gives a sour tip to a racketeer (Fred Clark). To square the bum steer, the gangster demands 1) $10,000 or 2) Hope's life, payable by Christmas. Hope hatches a scheme to raise the money by drafting Broadway mugs and con men into Santa Claus suits, sets them to taking up a sidewalk collection, supposedly for an old ladies' home. He also supplies the old dolls, installs them with a flourish in a vacant gambling casino and starts cleaning up until another mobster (Lloyd Nolan) hijacks both his swag and his old ladies...