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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Christmas at Fontaine's: a novel |
| Author | William Kotzwinkle |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0399127372, 9780399127373 |
| Length | 191 pages |
| Subjects | › › Christmas stories Department stores Fiction / General Religion / Holidays / Christmas & Advent |
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