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Bad Santa Update: Santa Cleared in RI Bar Robbery

By Ben MuessigDec 27th 2010 – 4:29PM
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Rex / Rex USA

Police in Rhode Island say Santa Claus can come to town -- without facing the risk of arrest. Days after a bartender claimed she had been robbed at gunpoint by a man in a Santa Claus suit in East Providence, the pub employee reportedly admitted the holiday heist was a hoax. East Providence Yacht Club bartender Christal...

Bad Santa Update: Potty-Mouthed Female Santas Arrested in Ohio

By Ben MuessigDec 22nd 2010 – 3:12PM
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Rex / Rex USA

What happens when Santacon -- or Santarchy -- gets out of control? Police in Ohio arrested two women dressed like Santa Claus after about 100 revelers wearing Santa outfits attempted to bring a holiday-themed flash mob to the Dayton Mall on Saturday night. After spending the day spreading the Christmas cheer at bars...

Bad Santa Update: Gun-Toting Kris Kringle Robs RI Bar

By Ben MuessigDec 20th 2010 – 4:14PM
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(Dec. 20) -- Santa Claus is supposed to spread holiday cheer -- not holiday fear. And his sack should be filled with toys, not a firearm. Rhode Island police say a man in a Kris Kringle costume was being naughty, not nice, when he entered a bar at the East Providence Yacht Club on Sunday and pulled out a gun. The robber...

Raunchy, Drunken, Bank-Robbing Santas Are Naughty -- Not Nice

By Ben MuessigDec 14th 2010 – 6:36AM
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(Dec. 13) -- It's Santa Claus' job to find out if you've been naughty or nice -- but who's keeping tabs on Santa's behavior? Kris Kringle is a holiday icon around the world, but every year at Christmastime a few bad Santas make the jolly man in red seem like a jailbird. From Hollywood to your own family photo albums,...

Background on bad santa

Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas crime comedy film written and directed by Terry Zwigoff, and also written and produced by the Coen brothers, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Ethan Phillips, Brett Kelly and Cloris Leachman.

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