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In spite of the temperature, a festal gaiety was rising.—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Rather than succumbing to despair and too much eggnog, theater companies have instead turned to performance capture, audio drama, livestream, green screen, shadow puppets and virtual reality to deliver festal entertainment.—New York Times, 12 Dec. 2020
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