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A group of Santas-in-training takes a Game Boy break at the St. Louis-based Santa Plus, which trains more than 1,000 Santas in Santa School classes across the country. In addition to perfecting their "ho, ho, hos," perhaps the mall Santas' training includes becoming familiar with the toys kids are asking for — or maybe the Santas are finding new ways to keep the traditional "naughty-and-nice" list.

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