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Being Father Christmas: LIFE Goes to Santa Claus School
Some Santas are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. And then there are those happy fellows who take a week-long class in all things Father Christmas, and come...
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‘All I Want for Christmas’: Kids on the Phone With Santa, 1947
This little girl is talking to Santa Claus, and so may any other girl or boy who telephones Murray Hill 8-2205 in New York between now and Christmas. Thus reads a photo caption in a 1947 LIFE magazine...
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Photos From a Nazi Christmas Party
The images are chilling, bordering on surreal: Surrounded by fellow Nazis, Adolf Hitler presides over a Christmas party. Swastika armbands jarringly offset the glint of ornaments and tinsel; candles...
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Christmas Jeer: Good-for-Nothing Gifts
In December 1953 LIFE featured a number of gifts that, the magazine assured its readers, were far “better to give than to receive.” For our part, after spending a little time with these photographs,...
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