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Bad Santa Update: Santa Cleared in RI Bar Robbery

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

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
Rex / Rex USA

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...

Brits Rage Against Simon Cowell's Hit Machine

By Theunis BatesDec 21st 2009 – 7:30PM
AP

AP

LONDON (Dec. 21) -- Christmas songs are normally sedate, soppy affairs crooned by the likes of Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis and Mariah Carey. But on Sunday, Britain added an explicit, anarchic new anthem to the Xmas canon: Rage Against the Machine's 1992 rap-metal hit "Killing in the Name." And even Sir Paul McCartney thinks...

Background on christmas songs

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.

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