Not every gun-toting Chris Cringle is a bad Santa, some carry badges and fight crime. Here’s a look at some of the stranger stories emerging this holiday season.
Father Christmas should stop making lists, and start counting carbs, according to a poll of 4,000 kids in Spain, who also think Santa should ditch the sled for a 4X4 or motorcycle.
A 33-year-old parolee sang “The First Noel” as he allegedly slipped out of a Wal-Mart with $20 worth of Christmas ornament inside his jacket and bag of fast food.
The Christmas holidays are typically the busiest time of year for thieves in the Philippines. But 1,000 officers with Santa caps, badges and guns, are taking the ho-ho-ho out of street crime.
Mary and the Baby Jesus are visited by four wise men in a Red Bull ad -- and the fourth wasn’t bearing gold, frankincense or myrrh, but a particular caffeinated beverage. One Italian priest was so mad, he got the commercial banned from TV.
“Thanks,” and “Merry Christmas,” culprits scrawled on a Sydney, Australia, warehouse wall, as they made off with 17.6 tons of ham and bacon worth an estimated $88,000.
A 22-year-old college says he “lightly smoshed” a pumpkin pie in a Santa’s face, and explained that he was making a film of his antics. He allegedly shouted, “What do you think of that, Santa?”
Authorities in Tennessee say some Grinch is chopping the tops off Fraser firs that once stood 10-to-12 feet tall. About 28 trees have been beheaded.
There’s a trophy in hell waiting for whoever did this: Two Boy Scouts and their fathers to the ground by three guys with sawed-off shotguns and took about $350. “"At first I thought it was just a little joke, but then, when I saw the gun,” said one kid.
