Evald Schorm's "The House of Joy" might have been directed by Federico Fellini.

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"House of Joy, " to serviceable but hardly memorable music by Mr. York, reveals Mr. Taylor's gift for caricature by way of pantomime.

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The theme of the 2012 White House Holiday decorations is "Joy to All".

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Amidst the hurt feelings, inconveniences and expectorating, there is joy in just being together, trapped inside a house with nowhere to hide.

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This can create confusion, as Mr. Joy discovered in the reaction to a wood-shingle and stone house he recently finished in Woodstock, Vt.

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