Christmas In Nelson

Father Christmas has come and gone, the pockets which took a severe thrashing are beginning to recover, many of the toys which brought such joy on Christmas morning lie discarded and the intense activity which surrounds the festive season has abated. Christmas, 1966, is over (and do we detect the sounds of many thousands of "and thank heavens for that"). But, forgetting all the work and bustle, Christmas is a wonderful time, full of good cheer, greater tolerance, and spiritual uplift. For the children, it's much more. And it's on the children we concentrated this Christmas.

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"Is that you, Father Christmas?" (a small hopeful uses the phone direct to Santa in Wright Stephenson's).

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"I'm not sure I like the look of this hairy character."

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"Gee, your whiskers are soft!"

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"Watcha got in your sack, Santa?"

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"Are you kidding me?"

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".... and a truck, and a gun, and a train, and a..."