Santa’s Tough Day
Father Christmas (Whakatane) is glad his job takes only one day a year. It’s a pretty gruelling business.
Dangerous, too. For instance, during- Wednesday’s celebrations, young Robin Hood couldn’t resist a bit of target practice at the balloons on the official chariot. Nearly parted the old boy’s whiskers. Then there was the “do” down at the Winter Show Building. But for Russ. Chapman and a few of his helpers organising the 400-odd young dervishes into some sort of near tameness, Santa would have been ripped apart. As it was, one bright young hopeful slit his sack with a pocket knife and led a band of looters in an unofficial lolly-scramble. Santa staggered into the , outer air at last and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily. “Whew!”, he was heard to gasp. “Thank heavens that’s over again.” Then he flitted off to Fairyland.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 80, 23 December 1949, Page 5
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145Santa’s Tough Day Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 80, 23 December 1949, Page 5
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