A singing telegram man (Joseph Keckler), cartoonish and not un-doll-like himself, delivers a present to her that proves to be an adult-size baby (Katherine Brook), very doll-like as well in her endlessly recycled steps, gestures, words and, especially, tears.
Fred's big, unironic redemption comes when he personally gets to deliver a present to the cheeky little African-American orphan boy who used to hang out at his apartment, and would poignantly wonder if he would get a puppy this year.
Santa's youngest son sets out on an urgent mission to deliver a present to a forgotten child before Christmas morning dawns.
Shortly after "Mad Men" ended its inaugural season with the celebrated episode "The Wheel" and its defining Don Draper Kodak Carousel pitch, Matthew Weiner showed up on Jon Hamm's doorstep, ostensibly to deliver a present, its precise nature now long forgotten.
Occasionally a neighbor may ask you to deliver a present or letter to a friend in a certain amount of time.
And, earlier this month, Alan Gilbert delivered a miniature manifesto by presenting two Nielsen symphonies back to back — the Second, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Third, with the orchestra of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Mr Hague delivered a speech; Ms Jolie presented her worthy, if artistically disappointing, 2011 film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" about the systematic rapes carried out by Bosnian Serb forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.One figure whose name came up frequently sat the proceedings out in a jail cell in The Hague: Germain Katanga, a former Congolese warlord.
This event attracted over 30 participants: Jackson delivered a keynote address, researchers presented their work and an expert panel discussed the challenges of problem frames.
For those who were present, Draghi delivered a sobering message on the economic outlook.
"Santa Obama delivered a wonderful Christmas present to Israel when the United States opted not to veto Friday's United Nations security council vote condemning settlement policy," he wrote in Haaretz.
