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Famous quotes containing the word claus:

    “That’s where I reckon Santa Claus comes in
    To be our parents’ pseudonymity
    In Christmas giving, so they can escape
    The thanks and let him catch it as a scapegoat....”
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.
    Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)