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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... window to window , each one fantastic , with toy figures dancing , jumping through hoops , skating on glass . But the center window on the avenue , just past the big main doors , was covered by a heavy red curtain . They were late ...
... window to window , each one fantastic , with toy figures dancing , jumping through hoops , skating on glass . But the center window on the avenue , just past the big main doors , was covered by a heavy red curtain . They were late ...
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... window dis- play . From these wings he watched the great snow - white elephant walk , its gold bridle jingling ... window , children calling to the toy animals , and the rest of the sidewalk audience seeming to murmur its approval and ...
... window dis- play . From these wings he watched the great snow - white elephant walk , its gold bridle jingling ... window , children calling to the toy animals , and the rest of the sidewalk audience seeming to murmur its approval and ...
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... window , day and night ? You can't tell me ? I own the window , Sardos . So tell me what you're doing . " " I'm decapitating a reindeer . " Fontaine gripped the edge of his desk . “ I know nothing about art , but I know what I like ...
... window , day and night ? You can't tell me ? I own the window , Sardos . So tell me what you're doing . " " I'm decapitating a reindeer . " Fontaine gripped the edge of his desk . “ I know nothing about art , but I know what I like ...
Common terms and phrases
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