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December 1st, 2006

Santa salutes Christmas…or something…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Oddly Enough

He’s makin’ a list… and you don’t want to be on it!

It seems this German chain of shops has removed miniature wooden Santa Claus figures from its shelves and destroyed them, because customers complained it looked like they were giving the stiff-armed Hitler salute.

A spokesman said the chain was ”astonished” at the reaction to the statues, but added that “we responded and had the entire inventory removed and destroyed.”  
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Belarussians dressed as Father Frost in Minsk in a 2005 photo.  REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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Ladies and Gentlemen! And now we come to the main event, the election of the “Craziest Country”, but first a question:

Q: Geez, how crazy can a country be?
A: Very, it just takes a few “overly sensitive
and ‘concerned’ citizens or government
officials”

Sounds familiar? Right… the USA is another candidate for the price!

- Posted by Elf "Twelve"

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