Word: clausing
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...mothers prompted from the front pews, or pageants of boys in the turbans and robes of the Three Wise Men and girls with the gauze wings of angels. Midway through the evening a man would slip quietly away from his seat, and at the end a pillow-fat Santa Claus would suddenly appear, lugging a sack of oranges and candy...
...Connecticut, where standard qualifications for jobs as Santa Claus were "a jolly fellow, rotund, with a cherry-red nose (acquired by exposure to sunshine), twinkling eyes, and an extreme amount of durability when it comes to listening," the State Labor Department admitted that "at this point, however, the employment office would be willing to settle for an applicant who even approximates this description." Reason: war-boom labor shortage had reduced the supply of Santa Clauses to a "new low level...
Postmaster Albert Goldman of New York City, official opener of letters-to-Santa Claus, read one that finished: "You better bring all this stuff or I'll beat you to a pulp...
Besides receiving warm mackinaws, heavy sweaters and leather jackets, the children, ranging from seven and a half to twelve, will enjoy Santa Claus, a magician, and a planist...
...play has sound points to make about people who "want something for nothing," but its pulpit manner is a bore and its Santa Claus ending a betrayal...