Here he joins the largest chocolate fountain in the world, a first of its kind freestanding series of melted chocolate cascades enclosed in glass, and will remain sitting in his favorite chair watching the magic throughout the holiday season.

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They believe the May holiday will work similar magic on second-quarter numbers.

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Yet the modern holiday is still associated more with magic than religion.

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