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Topical Budget 279-2: Aldermanic Santa Claus (1916)
 

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Title: "ALDERMANIC SANTA CLAUS. Two of the City Fathers distribute Xmas gifts to the crippled children".

A man dressed as Father Christmas gives presents to children in hospital beds, including coming up a ladder to deliver one present. He poses for the camera and his beard fades away to reveal the alderman beneath.