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File: Santa Claus (1925).webm
Author: Frank Emil Kleinschmidt
Publisher: [[Author:Frank Emil Kleinschmidt|Frank Emil Kleinschmidt]]
Year: 1925
PD: PD/US|1949
Note:
Cat: Christmas film, Fantasy film
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{{c|MR. {{xx-smaller|AND}} MRS. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT<br>{{cursive|Present}}<br>A FANTASY<br>ACTUALLY FILMED IN<br>NORTHERN ALASKA}}
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00:06
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{{xx-larger|{{sc|Santa<br>{{gap}}Claus}}}}
{{right|{{x-smaller|Copyright 1925}}}}
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00:25
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{{ppoem|
{{fqm|{{" '}}}}Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse."
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01:02
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"Now's our chance. Mother's gone to bed."
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01:16
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"We'll watch for Santa Claus and when he comes we'll ask him to tell us what he does when it isn't Christmas."
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01:43
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But children who wait for Santa Claus find that he is very late arriving.
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02:23
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"Oh, Ho! So you want Santa to tell you what he is doing the rest of the year."
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02:36
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"I live in the Land of Winter, on the rim of the Polar Sea."
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02:49
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"A fairy kingdom bound by vast glaciers, towering ice crags and endless fields of snow."
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03:08
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"My borders are guarded by Goblins of the deep."
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03:27
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"The Monarch of the Arctic watchfully patrols my domain."
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04:15
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"It is an enchanting land, but sometimes Layluk, the North Wind, shakes his blankets and a blizzard comes howling down from his ice caves."
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04:58
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"Then I hurry to get home to my nice warm castle of snow."
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05:16
{{ft/d|
"Back to my little men. Busy with countless toys."
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06:24
{{ft/d|
"Such a hammering and pounding and sawing you never heard!"
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06:37
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"Such a painting and polishing!"
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06:49
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"For, of course, by Christmas, we must have a present ready for every boy and girl in the whole world."
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07:03
{{ft/i/s}}
{|
!N<sup><u>O</u></sup>
!BOY SCOUTS
!GIFT
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|{{cursive|678923}}
|{{cursive|Jeremy Jones}}
|{{cursive|Toy Train, big engine}}
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|{{cursive|628924}}
|{{cursive|Mary Jones}}
|{{cursive|Dolls' house, all furnished}}
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|{{cursive|628925}}
|{{cursive|Prince of Wales}}
|{{cursive|Hobby horse}}
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|{{cursive|628926}}
|{{cursive|Billy Smith}}
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|{{cursive|628927}}
|{{cursive|Bobby Harrison}}
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|{{cursive|628928}}
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|{{cursive|628929}}
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{{ft/i/e}}
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07:12
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"I remember I was watching Billy Smith through my telescope yesterday——"
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07:37
{{ft/i|
{{c|PLEASE HELP<br>THE BLIND}}
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08:49
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{|
!N<sup><u>O</u></sup>
!BOY SCOUTS
!GIFT
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|{{cursive|678923}}
|{{cursive|Jeremy Jones}}
|{{cursive|Toy Train, big engine}}
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|{{cursive|628924}}
|{{cursive|Mary Jones}}
|{{cursive|Dolls' house, all furnished}}
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|{{cursive|628925}}
|{{cursive|Prince of Wales}}
|{{cursive|Hobby horse}}
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|{{cursive|628926}}
|{{cursive|<s>Billy Smith</s>}}
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|{{cursive|628927}}
|{{cursive|Bobby Harrison}}
|{{cursive|a live pony and cast}}
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|{{cursive|628928}}
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|{{cursive|628929}}
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{{ft/i/e}}
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09:12
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"You are sure it will work, Tweedeedee?"
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09:19
{{ft/d|
"Of course it will, Santa, watch!"
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10:10
{{ft/d|
"Santa, do you still drive reindeer, or did you come in an airyplane?"
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10:19
{{ft/d|
"I could never give up my reindeer. You should see how many I have."
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11:00
{{ft/d|
"The herd keeps me busy. For one thing, I must break the deer to the harness."
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11:12
{{ft/d|
"Donner was a bad boy and gave me a lot of trouble."
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11:36
{{ft/d|
"But Blitzen, my pet, was easy to break."
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11:46
{{ft/d|
"I remember when I picked him up, a trembling little waif lost in the snow."
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12:02
{{ft/d|
"He put his little head in my whiskers, pleading that I care for him."
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12:15
{{ft/d|
"But when the hard work is over, I have a glass of reindeer milk."
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12:38
{{ft/d|
"We are terribly busy, but Saturday is always a holiday and then I go calling—"
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12:54
{{ft/d|
"—On my nearest neighbors, the Eskimos."
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13:17
{{ft/d|
"And the little Eskimos, just like other boys and girls, tell me what they want for Christmas."
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13:35
{{ft/d|
"Once a year the Easter Bunny makes a long trip to consult with me."
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13:46
{{ft/d|
"And I tell him what little boys and girls deserve the prettiest Easter baskets."
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14:00
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"I have a swift, silent messenger——the snow-white Ptarmigan—"
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14:09
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"—Who brings all the special delivery letters the children write me just before Christmas."
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14:19
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"My closest friend is a mischievous little fellow you already know—he has often pinched your ears and nipped your toes."
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14:38
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"I always delight in calling on him, because he is the greatest artist in the world."
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14:51
{{ft/d|
"Hello, Jack Frost."
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15:00
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"It is time to make the world beautiful, Jack. We must have an old-fashioned Christmas this year."
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15:16
{{ft/d|
"All right, Santa, I have some beautiful new ice designs this year."
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15:36
{{ft/d|
"And wherever Jack goes the ice crystals spring up at the touch of his magic wand."
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16:02
{{ft/d|
"When he reaches the cities, he paints his beautiful ferns and flowers on every window pane."
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16:21
{{ft/d|
"But, no matter how much I have to do, I watch the children through my telescope every day, and you can never tell when I may be looking right straight at you."
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16:50
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"My books are <u>full</u> of the names of boy scouts."
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17:00
{{ft/i/s}}
{|
!N<sup><u>O</u></sup>
!BOY SCOUTS
!GIFT
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|{{cursive|678937}}
|{{cursive|Henry Alden}}
|{{cursive|Football Suit}}
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|{{cursive|678938}}
|{{cursive|Berkeley Seier}}
|{{cursive|Flexible Flyer}}
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|{{cursive|678939}}
|{{cursive|Charles Beard}}
|{{cursive|Skates and {{SIC|Sweather|Sweater}}}}
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|{{cursive|678940}}
|{{cursive|Harry Millie}}
|{{cursive|Bicycle}}
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|{{cursive|678941}}
|{{cursive|Ralph Johnson}}
|{{cursive|Steam Engine}}
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|{{cursive|678942}}
|{{cursive|Hawty Kleinsmith}}
|{{cursive|Complete Scent Outfit}}
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|{{cursive|678943}}
|{{cursive|Bobby Nord}}
|{{cursive|Tent}}
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|{{cursive|678944}}
|{{cursive|Jimmy Olden}}
|{{cursive|Boots}}
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|{{cursive|{{reconstruct|678945}}}}
|{{cursive|[...]}}
|{{cursive|Pad and Reel}}
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{{ft/i/e}}
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17:10
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"But sometimes I see things that make me very, very sad."
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18:11-18:19
{{ft/i/s}}
{|
!N<sup><u>O</u></sup>
!BOY SCOUTS
!GIFT
|-
|{{cursive|678923}}
|{{cursive|Jeremy Jones}}
|{{cursive|Toy Train, big engine}}
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|{{cursive|628924}}
|{{cursive|Mary Jones}}
|{{cursive|Dolls' house, all furnished}}
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|{{cursive|628925}}
|{{cursive|Prince of Wales}}
|{{cursive|Hobby horse}}
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|{{cursive|628926}}
|{{cursive|<s>Billy Smith</s>}}
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|{{cursive|628927}}
|{{cursive|Bobby Harrison}}
|{{cursive|a live pony and cast}}
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|{{cursive|628928}}
|{{cursive|[...]}}
|{{cursive|[...]}}
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|{{cursive|628929}}
|{{cursive|Kelly Schultz}}
|{{cursive|[...]}}
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|{{cursive|628930}}
|{{cursive|Clara Roberts}}
|{{cursive|<s>Big Doll with real hair</s> Soap and wash rag}}
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|{{cursive|628931}}
|{{cursive|Emmy Roy}}
|{{cursive|Talking machine}}
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|{{cursive|628932}}
|{{cursive|Bob Lane}}
|{{cursive|Radio, [...]}}
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|{{cursive|628933}}
|{{cursive|Zacky Schmitt}}
|{{cursive|a little fur [...]}}
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{{ft/i/e}}
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18:34
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"At last the great day arrives, and on the Castle walls, the Warder sounds his silver trumpet: Christmas Eve!<br>{{right|Christmas Eve!"}}
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18:50
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"And every elf and gnome hurries to label and pack the last of the toys."
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18:58
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{{c|{{bl|Workshop}}}}
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19:18
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"Hurry, Santa, hurry, the trumpet is blowing!"
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19:31
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"Pack the sleigh! Bring Prancer and Dancer—and Donner and Blitzen."
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19:41
{{ft/d|
"Hurry, Hurry! The children all over the world are waiting for me."
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19:57
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"Then up come Prancer and Dancer."
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20:08
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"And Donner and Blitzen."
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20:31
{{ft/d|
"The sleigh is loaded—we are off."
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20:43
{{ft/d|
"But don't think Santa has always smooth sailing."
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21:00
{{ft/d|
"Sometimes I meet a mean little elf named Hard Times, who upsets my sleigh, and things get lost and then the children don't get so many toys."
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21:19
{{ft/d|
"But this year I did not meet him."
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21:31
{{ft/d|
"Even before I start, the little Eskimos are being hurried to bed, for I call on them first."
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22:35
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"Dolls and toys and gumdrops."
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22:57
{{ft/d|
"Then off again—for the South."
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23:37
{{ft/d|
"When children are waiting for me I know they imagine I travel like this——"
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24:05
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"But I am really racing the winds, and I soon reach the first town—Nome, Alaska."
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24:29
{{ft/d|
"Some people are <u>so</u> careless about their chimneys."
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24:41
{{ft/d|
"And that is one reason why some little children never get any toys."
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24:55
{{ft/d|
"But most homes have nice comfortable chimneys just my size."
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25:16
{{ft/d|
"And that is how I came to you, my dears."
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25:53
{{ft/d|
"Oh, Santa Claus has been here! It wasn't a dream!"
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26:26
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"And when you are playing with your toys on Christmas morning—remember—Santa is returning to his home, tired but happy."
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27:06
{{ft/d|
"It was a wonderful trip, boys, and not a single kiddie was overlooked."
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27:36
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And as the little fairies dance and sing him to sleep, Santa dreams of all the little hearts he has made happy the whole world over.
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28:33
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{{bl|Merry Christmas}} to all—and to all a Good Night.
{{right|{{cursive|The End—}}}}
MR. {{xx-smaller|AND}} MRS. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT
}}
