Santas under seige!
First, Santa gets pie in his face in Missoula, Montana... then, Santa gets groped in Danbury, Connecticut... and then, Santa gets cold-cocked in Spokane, Washington. (Hat tip: Scott Fort.) What next? Taking out Santa's knee caps? Drive-by Santa shootings? I've heard of the War on Christmas, but this is ridiculous!
They've already shot at Santa in a helicopter this year in Rio. So he's been shot at.
Posted by: B. Minich | Dec 19, 2007 3:56:24 PM
" I've heard of the War on Christmas, but this is ridiculous!"
Taking out a secular symbol like Santa? Sounds to me like a radical Christian counter-offensive.
Posted by: Mad Max, Esquire | Dec 19, 2007 7:09:39 PM
Yeah Saint Nicholas is really secular...
Posted by: David K. | Dec 19, 2007 7:26:43 PM
"Danbury Fair mall spokeswoman Melissa Eigen called the alleged groping 'an isolated incident.' "
That's all very well but the way I heard it, the Santas at Westfarms in Farmington and Buckland Hills in Manchester are in a dither over rumors of Copycat gropings at malls throughout Connecticut :>. "On, Cupid!" indeed :}.
Posted by: Joe Loy | Dec 19, 2007 11:09:18 PM
KXLY News in Spoke said the Santa Punch happened in the neighborhood just east of Gonzaga. Glad to see things haven't changed since my school days.
Posted by: La Rev | Dec 20, 2007 8:18:20 AM
"Yeah Saint Nicholas is really secular..."
Funny. I don't recall praying to Santa Claus when I was a kid. Just like I don't recall going to church on St. Patrick's day and St. Valentine's day.
Posted by: Angrier and Angrier | Dec 20, 2007 10:05:54 AM
A&A, here in far Americay St. Patrick's Day is not secular; it is simply our day set aside for the Veneration of the Holy Water :). Yes, when I was a young man in me prime we used to sow our wild oats every 17th day of March and then stagger to Mass the next mornin' to pray for a Crop failure ;>. Now as to Feb. 14, who says my birthday isn't an occasion for solemn Prayer & Contemplation? :]
Posted by: Joe Loy | Dec 20, 2007 10:46:06 AM
I always like Joe's comments the best!
Posted by: teresa | Dec 20, 2007 12:37:53 PM
Loy the Elder - was it Venereation of the Holy Water ? Or was it not Veneration of the Water of Life, Itself ?
Posted by: Alasdair | Dec 20, 2007 7:14:57 PM
(mutter, grumble) Veneration ...
(Venereation, forsooth ! 'Tis yer own for-sure fault for bringing our minds to Venereality with yer "Crop failure" preayers ! (grin))
Posted by: Alasdair | Dec 20, 2007 7:18:19 PM
Why, thank you kindly, saintly teresa :)
and Hee hee! let's all raise a wee glass o' th' uisgebaugh wi' a mighty Clap for Laird Aleasdeair! :)
Posted by: Joe Loy | Dec 20, 2007 9:19:14 PM
Why do I always feel like I'm reading James Joyce when I read Joe Loy's and Alasdair's exchanges?
Posted by: Angrier and Angrier | Dec 21, 2007 9:50:39 AM
LOL
Posted by: Joe Mama | Dec 21, 2007 9:59:04 AM
A&A - too many syllables for you, lad ?
(grin)
Posted by: Alasdair | Dec 21, 2007 5:01:51 PM
Loy the Elder - I never met a meta-communicator I didn't like ! (Your own fine self ci-inclus !)
Posted by: Alasdair | Dec 21, 2007 5:03:14 PM
** Why do I always feel like I'm reading James Joyce when I read Joe Loy's and Alasdair's exchanges? **
Probably because you are as illiterate as Joyce, Loy, and Alasdair are horrible writers.
Posted by: Literary Critic | Dec 23, 2007 11:06:43 AM