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Violent, drunken 'Bad Santas' wreak havoc worldwide
Reuters ^ | Dec 20, 2005 | Erik Kirschbaum, Daniel Frykholm, Jeremy Lovell

Posted on 12/20/2005 11:51:16 AM PST by veronica

BERLIN (Reuters) - Drunken Santas on a rampage in New Zealand, armed German robbers in Santa disguises, a British St. Nick wanted for flashing, and a Swedish vandal in a Santa outfit are giving the big man in red a bad name this year.

Reports of "Bad Santas" breaking the law or otherwise wreaking havoc have been circulating around the world.

Armed with a gun, a man in a Santa outfit held up a furniture store in the German town of Ludwigshafen on Saturday and forced two cashiers to open the safe. He filled his sack with cash, locked the two women in the safe and escaped.

He is still on the loose, but police in Tuebingen were able to nab a bank robber armed with a machine gun in a Santa costume with the aid of an infrared camera and helicopter. They found him hiding in a ditch in a nearby forest.

"The machine gun was fake," a police spokesman said. Dressed in a Santa cap, beard and wearing sun glasses, he was wanted for stealing 500,000 euros in four separate bank robberies.

One Santa was stopped by police for driving 150 kph (90 mph) on a northern German motorway, 50 kph over the speed limit.

"He said he was in a rush because he still had packages to deliver," said a spokesman for the police. They gave Santa a fine and took away his license.

Last week an inebriated half-naked Santa disrupted a Christmas market in Dabringhausen before police intervened.

That incident paled in comparison to what happened in Auckland on Saturday when 40 drunken Santas rampaged through the city center, stealing from stores and assaulting security guards in a protest against Christmas becoming too commercial.

In Britain, police said they were looking for a Santa acting suspiciously -- a flasher who exposed himself to women.

Officers in Swanage on the south coast of England said the flasher had struck a number of times since December 6, and a week later exposed himself whilst wearing a Santa Claus outfit.

A British agency recently issued a code of conduct to root out substandard Santas. "Santa is a magical and cuddly man, not a fat, smelly slob," said James Lovell of the Ministry of Fun agency in London. "He must not smell of drink or body odor."

Last Christmas, a shopping center in south Wales installed a webcam dubbed "Santacam" in his grotto to overcome parents' concerns after several high-profile paedophile cases in Britain.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: badsanta; clownposse; deviants; kooks; lefties
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To: veronica
Santa Sez
21 posted on 12/20/2005 12:06:15 PM PST by chemicalman (Many have skeletons in their closets. In New Orleans, we have skeletons in our attics.)
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To: chemicalman

That Santa will do "just about" anything. Watch what he does when you tell him to knock over the tree...


22 posted on 12/20/2005 12:08:01 PM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: Allegra

Gettin' home for Christmas?


23 posted on 12/20/2005 12:08:09 PM PST by ErnBatavia (I post in slang..live with it or ignore it - reader's choice.)
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To: veronica

"Last week an inebriated half-naked Santa disrupted a Christmas market in Dabringhausen before police intervened."

That's nothing. Happens around the Kennedy compound every Christmas. :)


24 posted on 12/20/2005 12:11:41 PM PST by Pessimist
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To: EX52D

Ask him to get his elf.


25 posted on 12/20/2005 12:14:15 PM PST by chemicalman (Many have skeletons in their closets. In New Orleans, we have skeletons in our attics.)
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To: veronica
If Santa were on COPS...
26 posted on 12/20/2005 12:15:42 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
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To: chemicalman

He'll kiss the elf too....


27 posted on 12/20/2005 12:15:55 PM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: reagan_fanatic

A wooden pickle for everyone!!


28 posted on 12/20/2005 12:17:47 PM PST by billygoatgruff
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To: veronica; Tijeras_Slim; Velveeta; MEG33
Case in point:


29 posted on 12/20/2005 12:24:19 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

Good one!


30 posted on 12/20/2005 12:25:11 PM PST by veronica (....."send Congressman Murtha a message: that cowards cut and run, Marines never do.")
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To: veronica
40 drunken Santas

Band name!

31 posted on 12/20/2005 12:27:02 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: veronica
Gee, I wonder who's heading up all those bad Santas?

Oh, of course! It's gotta be St. Slick!


32 posted on 12/20/2005 12:27:34 PM PST by Prime Choice (We are RepubliCANs, not RepubliCAN'Ts.)
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To: veronica

If punishment were up to me, I'd reenact on each one them the scene in "Unforgiven" where Gene Hackman is whipping Morgan Freeman and threatening to hurt him "not gentle, like before, but really hurt" him....


33 posted on 12/20/2005 12:27:47 PM PST by NRA1995 (Jesus is the reason for the season)
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To: Constitution Day

Indeed!


34 posted on 12/20/2005 12:28:33 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: ErnBatavia

Yep! Home until after New Year's! Wooohooo!


35 posted on 12/20/2005 12:30:49 PM PST by Allegra (Congratulations, Brave Iraqis. Freedom Happens.)
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To: PaulaB
Pssst...over here. Hello
36 posted on 12/20/2005 12:33:12 PM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: EX52D
Thank goodness.... almost lost it there for a moment Image hosted by Photobucket.com
37 posted on 12/20/2005 12:36:10 PM PST by PaulaB
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To: PaulaB

LOL...slow day for you too?


38 posted on 12/20/2005 12:36:55 PM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: EX52D
Was busy this morning

and then wham..CEO and crew

flew out for holidays

now just hanging out

I gotta tell ya..after a few hours and

I start withdrawals not posting with you guys

maybe I should ask Santa for therapy LOL ;)
39 posted on 12/20/2005 12:39:50 PM PST by PaulaB
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To: PaulaB

I am always here...


40 posted on 12/20/2005 12:40:59 PM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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