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To: Old Man Gloom <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Old Man Gloom wrote on the message board: > Zozobra ("Old Man Gloom") is a 50 feet (15 m) high giant marionette > effigy that is built and burned during the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe > in Santa Fe, New Mexico and marks the Fiestas' start. As his name > suggests, he embodies gloom; by burning him, people destroy the > worries and troubles of the previous year in the flames.[1] Anyone > with an excess of gloom is encouraged to write down the nature of his > or her gloom on a slip of paper and leave it in the "gloom box" found > in the offices of the Santa Fe Reporter in the weeks leading up to the > burn. Participants can also add documents on the day of the burning, > prior to the event, by visiting a "gloom tent" where they can add to > the marionette's stuffing. Many people put legal papers in the gloom > box as well. At the festival the papers from the gloom box are placed > at Zozobra's feet to be burned alongside him Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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