Word: elevate
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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There was a sign near the highway, "Santa Claus, [elev.] 9 feet, pop. 108," and a post office substation where extra workers were hired to handle up to 10,000 pieces of mail that passed through each day during the Christmas season. Auger's wife took out the last of their savings and bought him a mod sleigh-a small plane with Santa Claus faces painted on its sides-and Auger flew into Santa Monica and Los Angeles with a sack over his shoulder. Local civic clubs would arrange for scores of kids to greet him: "The kids would...