HOLIDAY SIGN--Michelle Sledd, of Rockford, Ohio, and Sherrod Adams, of Cleveland, Ohio, perform Santa Claus Is Coming To Town using sign language, during a show put on by students from the Ohio School for the Deaf, at Columbus City Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 13, 1996. The Ohio School for the Deaf had students from K-12 signing holiday carols for the lunchtime shoppers at the mall.

HOLIDAY NUT--Paul Masse wears a Nutcracker costume as he passes out candy canes in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Dec. 13, 1996. BalletMet will perform The Nutcracker from Dec. 13-29 at the Ohio Theatre.