Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Whatever happened to Kissing Santa?

I have always loved Christmas. Family, food, presents, drinks, more food - what’s not to love? And I have very little patience with those who whine about the commercialization of Christmas. Christmas is only as commercial as you allow yours to be, but maybe I need to rethink the idea:
A department store Santa on his way home for the night was beaten up by stressed-out Christmas shoppers in Germany. Stefan Stettler, 31, from Wiesbaden, was still in character and chatting to other passengers while waiting for his train home.

Police say two men, allegedly stressed after a full day's Christmas shopping, lost their patience when asked to "tell Santa what they want for Christmas". The men took Stettler's sack of presents and beat him over the head with it, breaking his fingers as he tried to protect himself. Stettler said: "Around this time of year shoppers seem to get this glint in their eyes and you can just see they are going to go off any minute.

Talk about a couple of bad elves.

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