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Santa Sees Double

Twas three weeks before Christmas and all through the store, there were joyful holiday decorations galore. That store was Sears and Roebucks near the city of Pittsburgh, where I grew up. That store was where my identical twin sister, Sally, and I, who were going to be 3 years old on Jan. 1,1947, had our first visit to see Santa Claus. This is one of my fondest memories,

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