Teen Gang Beats Up Santa Clause

[matcom]

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A LOLLY-giving exercise by a Santa Claus in southern France turned sour when a group of greedy teenagers kicked him to the ground and beat him up for not handing over his sack of goodies, police said today.

The man, dressed up as Father Christmas to hand out the lollies to children in the centre of the town of Ales on the weekend, was set upon when he refused to give more sweets to one of the youths.

The teenager and his friends, all aged around 15, kicked and pummelled the man until they were scared off by passers-by.

Officers said Father Christmas suffered bruising and had lodged a criminal complaint.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11758940%255E13762,00.html

[matcom]

1. kick

[StopTheMorans]

2. sounds like a ho-ho-holdup to me!

:silly:

[Cerridwen]

3. Santa was mugged.

I just love the Christmas spirit thing. /sarcasm

[underpants]

4. Father Christmas give us some money don't mess around with no silly toys

Father Christmas give us some money
Save all the toys....for the little rich boys
-The Kinks

My favorite Christmas song of all time (note the Awooohawooo in Evis's "Blue Christmas" makes it a close second).

[sniffa]

5. is it wrong to Laugh?

because i did.

[Deja Q]

6. Ambivalence. Thy name is Christianity-sponsored-paganism.

In one way, it's funny. The concept of a pagan symbol hijacked by "Christians" is apropos.

OTOH, these are teenagers. More often than not, they don't give a frack either way except to cause havoc. I say arrest the buggers, throw 'em in jail, and watch as Lance, Roc, and "Glenda" shove 'candy canes' down their throats. :scared: