Pretend Today Were The Last Day Of June And A Small Child

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...
Without parent or guardian

providing advance notice

about this sculpture

—And it was six month after Christmas—

If a small child

encountered
up close and personal

what you see here:

It is thirty feet tall
!!!

The small child
would probably scream
out of fear.

But fret not:

It is not the last day of June.

It is the last day of December
and the behemoth SANTA CLAUS
still holds sway at the centerpoint
of the South Coast Plaza Mall
in Orange County.

SANTA will be on display
through (at least)
the first week of the new year.

The thirty foot decoration
is equipped with magnets
that will draw out
all credit cards
of everyone
carrying them.

That probably excludes
the very small children
but purchases will be made
within a reasonable
radius of SANTA:

Much to the delight
of the children
and, of course,
the merchants
of the mall.

Timing is everything.

But most stores still accept cash
every day of the year. 

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Footnotes

IF TODAY WERE THE LAST DAY OF JUNE
...AND A VERY SMALL CHILD
is the copyrighted property
of LCSoL.

Happy New Year
to anyone who reads this. 

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