The Holbrook news., 1921-12-23
THE SANTA PARTY
How Lots of Christmas Fun May
 Be Had by Boys Club.
Each Lad Provides One Present, Made by Himself, for old Kris
 kringIe's Bag.

THE biggest boy in the club should
 ! be the Santa Claus. To dress him up, borrow bath robe, and trim it round the collar and cuffs with some old fur. A big fur cap is the thing for Santa Claus head, and a great big bag should be provided for him to hang over his shoulder to carry the presents in. A paper mask for Santa can be bought at some small store for about twenty cents, and a big beard can be made of excelsior, tied up so as to stay in place. If the excelsior can be dyed gray all the better.
 Each boy in the club should pro- vide one present for Santa's bag. It would be better if each boy should make the present himself. Good things for such presents are bean bags, base balls, bats, shinny sticks, tops, mar bles, short wooden swords, slings, putty blowers, jew s.harps, soap-bubble pipes, jack-stones, ,match-safes, candy, chewing gum, andi so on.
 All the presents flor the Santa Claus party should be handed to commit tee of three knights, whose duty it is to pack them all neatly in Santa Claus bag. At the time of the party, the members of the club should gather together in the meeting room, and the committee may meet in a room near by with the big4boy who is to be Santa Claus. They must dress him up and escort him to the club. When Santa comes in all will rise, and the presi- dent will say:
 "Greeting, Santa Claus; the boys await you"
 Santa may reply, Greeting, my chil- dren"
 Then Santa passes out the presents. It is best for the boys to form line, and for Santa to reach in the bag without looking and pull out the first thing that comes to his hand.
 The last present in the bag Is Santa Claus. A good deal of amusement can be had at the party if committee of five boys is chosen to look after the entertainment. Al goOdl plan is to get up shadow pictures. A sheet is hung up near one end of the room, about five feet from the wall. Behind the sheet, close to the wall and low down, is placed a strong light. The knights and others who are to be the audience all sit in front, and when everything is ready all lights except the. one be- hind the sheet are put out. The boys who are to make the shadow pictures then go between the light andlthe sheet and cut up all sorts of antics, throw ing large shadows on the sheet If there is a boy who can make odd shadow pictures with his hands he can amuse the club for some time.
 Another thing that makes fun at Santa Claus party may be called the ''boy orator" A large pair of boots is provided. and the boy orator puts his arms in these and stands back of "a table, so that his booted arms may look like pair of short legs and he appears to be funny little man stand ing on the table. Another boy stands behind him, and puts his arms through under the orators arms and makes the gestures while the orator delivers his speech. This can be made very funny if the orator learns good speech and if the boy who makes the gestures waves his arms and makes very bad and Inappropriate gestures. It is espe- cially trying for the orator If the geSturer holds a handkerchief in his hands and wipes his face occasionally or waves it in triumph at Inappropriate times.-The Delineator.