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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/santa_school.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Santas Sharpen Their Skills at Michigan School' data-article-id='2774'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='26667'>As soon as the Thanksgiving holiday is over, Santa Clauses start appearing everywhere; in shopping centers, supermarkets and other places.</span> <span data-start-time='26667' data-end-time='35167'>It takes more than red clothing and a white beard to be a professional Santa.</span> <span data-start-time='35167' data-end-time='42896'>In fact, many aspiring Santas attend special classes.</span> <span data-start-time='42896' data-end-time='49896'>The CW Howard Santa School is in Midland, Michigan.</span> <span data-start-time='49896' data-end-time='57521'>It is the longest continuously running Santa Claus School in the world.</span> <span data-start-time='57521' data-end-time='63396'>This year, it is celebrating its 80th anniversary.</span> <span data-start-time='63396' data-end-time='67833'>VOA recently visited the school.</span> <span data-start-time='67833' data-end-time='77313'>More than 250 Santas have gathered at the school to prepare for their seasonal work.</span> <span data-start-time='77313' data-end-time='87229'>Charlie W. Howard was the Santa Claus in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for 17 years.</span> <span data-start-time='87229' data-end-time='91604'>He started the school in 1937.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/santa_school.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9825 data-hint-location='35167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/what_does_aspire_mean.m4a'>What does aspire mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='hope to attain'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/special_class.m4a'><span>special class</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/become_famous.m4a'><span>become famous</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/hope_to_attain.m4a'><span>hope to attain</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/learn_to_laugh.m4a'><span>learn to laugh</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9826 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/when_does_santa_start_to_appear.m4a'>When does Santa start to appear?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='after Thanksgiving'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/after_thanksgiving.m4a'><span>after Thanksgiving</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/by_the_chimney.m4a'><span>by the chimney</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/before_labor_day.m4a'><span>before Labor Day</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/around_halloween.m4a'><span>around Halloween</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9827 data-hint-location='26667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/it_takes_more_than_red_clothing_and__blank_.m4a'>It takes more than red clothing and <span class='blank'>a white beard</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a white beard'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/a_brown_cap.m4a'><span>a brown cap</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/a_white_beard.m4a'><span>a white beard</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/a_lump_of_coal.m4a'><span>a lump of coal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2258/blue_boots.m4a'><span>blue boots</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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