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Un-elected emergency manager auctions off Flint City Hall Santa for $1,330
Melodee Mabbitt and a group of about a dozen donors on Tuesday were successful in saving a Santa Claus display that had set atop Flint City Hall for years after an emergency manager decided to auction off the city’s tradition to raise a few bucks. The Santa and four reindeer…
Canadian police chief sends Christmas cards to gangsters
Gangsters in one of Canada’s most crime-ridden cities can expect a special greeting card this Christmas — from a local police chief dressed as jolly Santa Claus and packing heat. The card is being mailed out this week to “prolific offenders, property offenders and persons known for drug and gang…
Stuck beard leaves Santa dangling from mall ceiling for 30 minutes
Officials at Broad Street Mall in Reading, England say that Santa Claus chose to dangle from the ceiling on Saturday for at least 30 minutes instead of disappointing hundreds of children by removing his beard after his whiskers got stuck in a rappelling accident. British Army soldier Steve Chessell had…
Texas family found dead after Christmas shooting
Seven people have been found dead after being shot in a Texas apartment on Christmas day, according to the Associated Press. Police in Grapevine believe that the shooter is among those dead, although a motive for the incident is unclear. Four woman and three men, from ages 18 to 60,…
Mall Santa left dangling after beard gets caught in rappelling accident
A stuntman posing as Santa Claus probably wishes he had flying reindeer after an accident left him dangling from the roof a Florida mall. The Santa impersonator had practiced a grand entrance by descending to the floor of a mall in Palm Beach Gardens, but when it came to show…
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