“ARE YOU DADDY XMAS?”
“NO DARLING, I'M HIS UNCLE" A delightful incident took ■ place at Upper Hutt on Wednesday at the handing over of the, motor ambulance to the Upper Hutt Town Board by the Wellington Hospital Board. Mr C. M. Luke, chairman of the Board, and other members were present, among them the Rev. H. Van Staveren. There was a good attendance of local people, and in the front rank were a couple of charming little maids of about four and six summers. They walked up very confidently to the Rabbi, who looked quite a giant beside them with his frock coat, silk hat, and venerable I eard, for he stands about six feet ,high. ; Looking up in his face with a beaming smile, one of them asked: “Are you Daddy .Christmas?" The ■ patriarchal old gentleman unbent at once, and replied: “No darlin, I’m not; I'm his uncle."Those around thoroughly enjoyed the incident.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12323, 18 December 1925, Page 8
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