Gunnison news-champion., 1922-12-08
THE SANTA PARTY
How Lots Of Christmas Fun May
Be Had by Boys Club.
r,eh Lad Prev: es One Present. Msde
by Himself. for Old kris
krinels's Sag.

THE biggest boy In the club should
= be the Santn Claus. To dress
him up. borrow bath robe. and trim
1t round the collar and cuffs with some
old fur. A big fur cap Is the thing
for Santa Claus head. and 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 ut some small
store for about twenty cents. and
big beard can be made Of excelsior.
tied up SO us TO stay In place. Ii
the excelsior can be dyed gray all the
better.
Each boy In the club should pro-
vide one presen; for Santa's bag. II
would be better II each boy should
make the present himself. Good things
balls. bats. shinny sticks. tops. maJ-
bles. short wooden swords, siings.
putty blowers. jew's.harps. soap-bubbie
pipes. jack-stones. match-safes. candy.
chewing gum, and SO on.
All the presents for the Santa Claus
party should be handed to commit.
tee of three knights. whose duty /,
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 til.
committee may meet In n room near
by with the big boy 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 chi
dren."
Then Santa passes out the presents.
II Is best for the boys to form line.
and for SANTA to reach In the bag
without looking and pull out the frst
thing that comes 10 his hand.
The last present In the bag Is Santa
Clnus' good deal Of amusement can
be had At the party II committee Of
i've boys Is chosen to look after the
entertainment. A good plan Ii TO get
up shadow pictures. A sheet Is hung
up near one end Of the room. about
i've feet from the wall. Behind the
sheet. close to the wall and low down.
is placed u strong light. The knights
and others who are to be the audience
all sit in front. and when everything
Ii ready all lights except the one be-
bind the sheet are put out. The boys
who are TO make the shadow pictures
then 60 between the light and the sheet
and cut up all sorts Of antics, throw.
Ing large shadows on the sheet. II
there In boy who can make odd
shadow pictures with his hands he can
anuse the club for some time.
Another thing that makes fun at a
Santa Claus party may be called
the boy orator" Ajarse pair Of boots
II provided. and the boy orator puts
his arms In these and stands back of
table. 70 that his booted arms may
look like . pair Of short legs and he
appears to Be funny little man stand.
lng ON the table. Another boy stands
behind HIN. and puts his arms through
under the orators arms and makes the
gestures while the orator delivers his
spcech. ihls can be made very funny
4 the srator learns good speech and
Il the boy who makes the gestures
waves bis arms and makes very bad
and inappropriate gestures. II Il espe-
ca1lly rylsg for the orator II the
gesturer holds handkerchief In his
hands and wipes his face occasionally
er waves II In triumph at Inappropriate
timss.-The Delineator.