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<div><span class="commentBody">Earlier, I wrote:<br>
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> Mind you, as soon as I began to
write this, I noticed that the<br>
> article says that these Air Swimmers are a
popular Christmas<br>
> gift. And "The Tree Is My Hat" has to do with a
character<br>
> named "Mary Christmas." And ... naw. Wolfe can't have had<br>
> this tradition in mind, can he? <br>
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Interpretive excitement producing momentary blindness, of course. The article DOESN'T say that flying these things is any sort of "tradition," though I wish it did. =) Something in my brain seized onto "Christmas" and the flying shark and the fact that "The Tree Is My Hat" takes place somewhere near New Zealand/Australia, and suddenly all else faded from view.... <br>
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Still, it was cool to see a Hanga appearance in the news.<br>
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John<br>
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