INT: POST OFFICE – DAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bustling morning at the Post Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POSTAL EMPLOYEE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Next!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A PATRON walks up to the counter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PATRON:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Christmas stamps, please.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POSTAL EMPLOYEE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Do you want the religious or the other ones?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PATRON (with great conviction):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am a Catholic!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And… scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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