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Bad Santa Update: Santa Cleared in RI Bar Robbery
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsPolice in Rhode Island say Santa Claus can come to town -- without facing the risk of arrest. Days after a bartender claimed she had been robbed at gunpoint by a man in a Santa Claus suit in East Providence, the pub employee reportedly admitted the holiday heist was a hoax. East Providence Yacht Club bartender Christal Johnson, 37, surrendered to police on Thursday and faces charges of filing a false police report, according to AZCentral.com. Johnson allegedly placed the initial 911 call on Dec. 19, claiming a man dressed like Kris Kringle entered the bar around 7 p.m., then reached into ...
Bad Santa Update: Gun-Toting Kris Kringle Robs RI Bar
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(Dec. 20) -- Santa Claus is supposed to spread holiday cheer -- not holiday fear. And his sack should be filled with toys, not a firearm. Rhode Island police say a man in a Kris Kringle costume was being naughty, not nice, when he entered a bar at the East Providence Yacht Club on Sunday and pulled out a gun. The robber -- who the Providence Journal describes as "large and wearing a Santa hat, white beard, a red Santa suit jacket and jeans" -- entered the watering hole around 7 p.m. while the bartender was preparing to open the bar for business. Once inside, the red-coated robber reached ...
Raunchy, Drunken, Bank-Robbing Santas Are Naughty -- Not Nice
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Dec. 13) -- It's Santa Claus' job to find out if you've been naughty or nice -- but who's keeping tabs on Santa's behavior? Kris Kringle is a holiday icon around the world, but every year at Christmastime a few bad Santas make the jolly man in red seem like a jailbird. From Hollywood to your own family photo albums, there are bad Santas everywhere -- at least according to the hilarious holiday blog Sketchy Santas, which launched in October. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images John Toomey lost his job at Macy's in San Francisco after cracking a dirty joke to an older couple while they ...
San Fran Macy's Cans Santa for 'Naughty' Joke
By John O. Membrino - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- Macy's has fired a veteran Santa Claus at one of its San Francisco stores after a couple complained that a joke he told them was inappropriate. John Toomey, 68, a popular Kris Kringle at the Union Square Macy's for the past 20 years, was told over the weekend that his services would no longer be needed because of objections from an older woman and her husband who visited him, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. "When I ask the older people who sit on my lap if they've been good and they say, 'Yes,' I say, 'Gee, that's too bad,'" Toomey told the newspaper Monday. "Then, if they ...
The War on Christmas: Silencing Santa!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to this story on FoxNews.com, Jolly Old Saint Nick's signature catchphrase, "Ho, ho, ho!", may be the newest victim in the Global Struggle Against Yuletide Extremism. Santas across Sydney, Australia, are being told to eschew the familiar greeting because, according to Santa recruiting firm Westaff, the phrase could frighten children and be offensive to women. They are instructing the Santas to say, "Ha, ha, ha" instead. The war on Christmas is heating up early this year, and it's time to choose sides. You're either with us, or you're with the Grinches. ...
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