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Show Santa Claus, lnd.r Is Christmas H. Q. Santa Claus, Indiana, is a han let of a score of frame buildingj and not so many people, but it is national headquarters for one type of holiday observance. Each Christmas season brings to -it stacks of mail, parcels, letters 1 and cards of which 99 per cent is promptly remailed with the magio postmark "Santa Claus." Beyond a doubt, the biggest man in the Hoosier' hamlet is Santa Claus himself. A 25-foot statue of him, complete with whiskers and bulging sack, is dedicated to the charitable old saint in recognition that his Christmas gifts to the town have brought it fame and seasonal prosperity. Early settlers seven or eight decades dec-ades ago took a fancy to the name Santa Fe for the town, but they couldn't use it because another town in the state had it first. So they boldly christened their settlement settle-ment with Claus as a last name, instead of Fe. Similar holiday names dot the world . map, with Christmas being the favorite in the United States. Florida, Maine, Kentucky and Arizona Ari-zona have towns named Christmas. Christ-mas. Fast and Feast The day before Christmas is a strict fast for the Polish people. r.W 1 -'A PLEASE, SANTA? . . . S. Clans appears lost In thought as he ponders gravely the possibly difficult request of the little girl who looks as though she realizes she has put the bee on Santa and Isn't quite sure whether he'll come through. |