No mo' "ho ho ho"

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:37 PM -0300 11/15/07, David A. Daniel wrote:
>If you have a look here
>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22738300-2,00.html you will see that:
>(1) "Ho ho ho" has been banned by one Santa recruiter/supplier (i.e. it is
>not universal); (2) They banned "Ho ho ho" because they thought it would
>frighten children whereas the more usual (among non-Santas) "ha ha ha" would
>not;

Santa better make sure not to call out "Hoo haa" either.

Unless he's buying a ticket for the eponymous monologues:
http://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/10948346/detail.html

LH

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