Far into the next morning. the Christmas Day spirit was being kept Alive at the homes of those who held "open house" for their felends and many places of entertainment, where elaborate decorations and special programmes of amusement drew record crowds of merrymakers.
The big lobby of the Paramount was transformed into an Enallsh street scene of the 18th century, very tractive and astonishingly realist. The ballroom was even more troweled than usual and the performers delighted their _audlence with a special Christmas programme.
About 700 people celebrated Christmas night at the Canidrome Ballroom, also decorated festively, and the entertainers did. Justice 0 the ceeasion by giving three thes their usual number of turns.
Father Christmas stood tu the lobby of the Cathay Hotel with a tremendous snow-man opposite him, }to welcome Christmas night divers and dancers.
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