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`` I wish I could have thought of that when I was in the business myself . It would have been great to have a new baby every Christmas morning . I will agree to that , Mrs. Force , provided I approve of the people I 'm supposed to be Santa Claus for . '' On the Saturday before Christmas he went to the offices of the Society with ALL of the children , for the industrious Mrs. Force had produced claimants for the three older ones , and when he took the brood home to supper long after seven o'clock that evening , homes and fresh parents were assured for all of them . To be sure , Frederick and Marie Louise objected to living on upstate farms , and Reginald howled bitterly over being promised to a Jewish family in West End Avenue . He had set his heart on being brought up as an Irishman . Some of them were to remain in New York City , one was to go to Philadelphia and another to Bridgeport .