Christmas at Fontaine's: A NovelA mysterious presence transforms the lives of a tyrannical chief executive officer, a nice young woman, a Santa Claus with an unsavory past, an earnest young man, and a spaced-out window decorator on Christmas Eve in Fontaine's department store. |
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... department manager emerged , clipboard in hand . Like Locke , he seemed to have a deep loathing for children . The department had done this to him , with its shelves always in disarray and so much of the stock dam- aged by children ...
... department manager emerged , clipboard in hand . Like Locke , he seemed to have a deep loathing for children . The department had done this to him , with its shelves always in disarray and so much of the stock dam- aged by children ...
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... Department ? A buck apiece I think I paid for those parakeets , maybe more . Tomorrow if some- one wants to buy one , they'll have to catch it themselves . A twittering voice came out of the darkness toward his head . He waved it off ...
... Department ? A buck apiece I think I paid for those parakeets , maybe more . Tomorrow if some- one wants to buy one , they'll have to catch it themselves . A twittering voice came out of the darkness toward his head . He waved it off ...
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... Department on Christmas Eve . And the Silver Flash was due . Louis Fontaine gazed into a row of empty bird cages . The best idea some nutty old lady ever had . He'd like to pay her back . She'd given his Accounting Department something ...
... Department on Christmas Eve . And the Silver Flash was due . Louis Fontaine gazed into a row of empty bird cages . The best idea some nutty old lady ever had . He'd like to pay her back . She'd given his Accounting Department something ...
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Aggie's ahead aisle Alright Beck bird bottle Bunny Sisters cage candy bar canyon child cigar clicked counter curtain danced dark dark angels desk dingbats door dreams elves empty enchanted boy escalator eyes face fingers fire Flash flew floor Fontaine's garbage gazed glass glowing going Gomez grip hand hanging hard-hat head hung inside Jeff Beck Jell-O jogging suit kids knees lady leaned forward lifted light Locke's looked loudspeaker Louis Fontaine manikin Merry Christmas moon moved night nodded nose number four Officer Locke opened pair parakeet Pet Department phreeeet picket fence Pinocchio reindeer Santa Claus Sardos security guard shadow shook shoppers shopping bags shuffled silver silver whiskers slowly snapped softly stared stepped stood street switch thing thought Aggie Three Little Pigs Tommy tonight took Toy Department turned village voice wall watched waved whispered WILLIAM KOTZWINKLE window wire Wolf Yessir