Blindfolded Santa Hanging From Noose At Home Upsets Neighborhood

A large blindfolded Santa hanging from a noose from a high tree in a man's yard has angered homeowners in a Florida neighborhood, according to a Local 6 News report.

The Santa doll, which neighborhood children can easily see, was put up by homeowner Ron Stroia at his home located on 555 West 50th Street in Miami Beach, the report said.

"It's just wrong, I mean who would want their children to see this, and it reminds adults of lynching," neighbor Estelle Farnsworth said. "It's just nasty, there is no spirit of Christmas in this."

The Santa also has his hands and legs bound by some type of wire.

"Now the kids are sad with that, you know, because they say it's not fair with Santa," neighbor Tanira Giacian said. "Santa should be around bringing their gifts, looking for the gifts, and not hanging on a tree. They're just kind of scared of that."

Since the display was put in the tree, neighbors have called police to get it removed, but officers said there is nothing they can do because the homeowner is protected under the First Amendment, Local 6 News reported.

Stroia would not talk with reporters, but did say by telephone that it's his right to display the Santa whether neighbors like it or not.

"This has really caused a big stir in the neighborhood, this is just cruel," Farnsworth said.

http://www.local6.com/news/5491296/detail.html

war on Christmas ?

O'Reilly will be on the case shortly

One of the funnier things I've read recently. Thank you!

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause.

I really wish I had a picture of that!

A fitting and long-overdue punishment for this hit and run killer:

http://www.always-safe.com/grandma.html

I hope he does an electric chair Santa next year....could be really colorful!!!

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause. 

I really wish I had a picture of that!

Sounds like an urban legend to me..

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause. 

I really wish I had a picture of that!

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I heard it from someone who I don't think would lie.

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause. 

I really wish I had a picture of that!

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Someone posted a pic of it not so long in this forum. It's actually a contreversial artist rendering of Chrtistmas, not a mistake.

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause. 

I really wish I had a picture of that!

Sounds like an urban legend to me..

I heard it from someone who I don't think would lie.

But who did they hear it from?

Yep, urban legend it is.

The most infamous of these blendings is the notorious story of the Japanese Christmas display that featured a smiling Santa Claus nailed to a cross. It's a perfect expression of the clash between the holy and the profane, the secular and the religious, the East and the West. It speaks to our xenophobic fears — these foreigners can't be trusted with our religion and our traditions. And it's a darn funny story.

Alternatively, we can ignore all the foreign trappings and simply interpret this legend as a commentary on the commercialization of Christmas, a holiday in which Jesus Christ has now been replaced (symbolically and literally) by Santa Claus. This was the point artist Robert Cenedella was trying to make when he drew the ire of religious groups over his painting of a crucified Santa Claus (shown above), which was displayed in the window of New York's Art Students League in December 1997.

I read about a Japanese department store that put a Christmas display. Well, I guess they got Jesus and Santa confused. Right in the middle of the store was a huge crucified Santa Clause. 

I really wish I had a picture of that!

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I heard it from mbkudu. I didn't think he would lie about it so I guess he believed the myth.

Santas fight and steal in the streets

18.12.05 9.00am

By Vaneesa Bellew and Stephen Cook

A gang of drunken "Santas" caused merry hel_l across central Auckland yesterday, robbing stores, tagging buildings and assaulting security guards.

Three men were arrested on a variety of drunk and disorderly charges, and two security guards had to be treated for cuts after being hit with beer bottles.

The group of 40 men - mostly in their mid-20s and dressed in ill-fitting Santa costumes - began their "Santarchy" shortly after 2pm. First stop was the Victoria St motorway overbridge where they smashed beer bottles and urinated.

They moved through Victoria Park kicking over rubbish bins, throwing bottles at cars and leaping in front of vehicles. One also tagged the Victoria St NZ Post building. Then they headed to the Sky City Casino where several vandalised the giant Christmas tree in the foyer.

Some made their way to the Victoria St Star Mart where they took several items from the shelves. Then it was through Queen St, High St and down to Britomart where security guards said they were yelling, swearing and "causing mayhem".

One ripped a window wiper off a bus while others harangued security guards and waiting passengers.

At the Princes Wharf Viaduct, one managed to scale a mooring line on the cruise ship Pacific Sky before being ordered by the captain to get down. When he retreated he was collared by two port security guards and later arrested.

This sparked angry scenes among the other "Santas" who started throwing bottles at security guards. One was struck in the head with a flying bottle and another was punched in the face. Both were treated by ambulance staff.

Police arrested three of the men, and told others to leave the area, but around 20 went into the Princes St Star Mart and helped themselves to soft drinks and beer.

The event's organiser, Alex Dyer, warned of trouble earlier in the day, saying the antics would only be stopped when someone was arrested. Santarchy, he said, was a worldwide phenomenon designed to dismantle the commercialisation of Christmas. Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said the men were more like clowns than Santas.

Though he did not want to play down the seriousness of their actions, it was "fairly average behaviour" from "an organised group of idiots" who had had too much to drink. Police had received no warning about the event, despite press reports earlier in the week.

Changa Manakynda of the Princes Wharf Star Mart said the ordeal had been very distressing. "They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves."

- HERALD ON SUNDAY

'Bad Santas' wreak havoc worldwide

The big man in red is getting a bad name this year thanks to drunken Santas on a rampage in New Zealand, armed German robbers in Santa disguises, a British St Nick wanted for flashing, and a Swedish vandal in a Santa outfit.

Reports of bad Santas breaking the law or otherwise wreaking havoc have been circulating around the world.

Armed with a gun, a man in a Santa outfit held up a furniture store in the German town of Ludwigshafen on Saturday and forced two cashiers to open the safe. He filled his sack with cash, locked the two women in the safe and escaped.

He is still on the loose, but police in Tuebingen with the aid of an infrared camera and helicopter were able to nab a bank robber armed with a machine gun in a Santa costume. They found him hiding in a ditch in a nearby forest.

"The machine gun was fake," a police spokesman said. Dressed in a Santa cap, beard and wearing sunglasses, he was wanted for stealing

500,000 euro ($A812,000) in four separate bank robberies.

One Santa was stopped by police for driving 150kph on a northern German motorway, 50kph over the speed limit.

"He said he was in a rush because he still had packages to deliver," said a spokesman for the police. They gave Santa a fine and took away his licence.

Last week an inebriated half-naked Santa disrupted a Christmas market in Dabringhausen before police intervened.

In New York, one man fed up with the growing commercial aspect of Christmas set up a ghoulish life-sized Santa holding a severed doll's head in front of his house, local media said.

Those incidents paled in comparison to what happened in Auckland on Saturday when 40 drunken Santas rampaged through the city centre, stealing from stores and assaulting security guards in protest against Christmas becoming too commercial.

In Britain, police said they were looking for a Santa acting suspiciously - a flasher who exposed himself to women.

Officers in Swanage on the south coast of England said the flasher had struck a number of times since December 6, and a week later exposed himself whilst wearing a Santa Claus outfit.

A British agency has issued a code of conduct to root out substandard Santas.

"Santa is a magical and cuddly man, not a fat, smelly slob," said James Lovell of the Ministry of Fun agency in London.

"He must not smell of drink or body odour."

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This is topical at the moment. Worth a bump.

I had a fight with this guy last night down a dark alley. He kicked the living shit out of me so quickly, and as he ran away i saw he was wearing a red coat and turning the alley way corner i saw his white beard. He must have been around 300 pounds. Oh yeah, and he stole my wallet. Prick! Hang him i say...

Ha Ha, you got beat up by Santa!

I bet it was you in your 5 baht, 5 minuite guarranteed santa suit. I want my money back!

Come and get, do you want me to kick your ass again?

This thread is only two pages old and how quickly you forget what actually happened to santa!

Since I am still breathing you can assume I am not dead - and the hanging santa had a way better costume than me!

Mate i saw a drunk homeless person that had a better santa suit than you!