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Bad Santa Update: Santa Cleared in RI Bar Robbery

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: Gun-Toting Kris Kringle Robs RI Bar

(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

(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,...

San Fran Macy's Cans Santa for 'Naughty' Joke

(Dec. 7) -- Macy's has fired a veteran Santa Claus at one of its San Francisco stores after a couple complained that a joke he told them was inappropriate. John Toomey, 68, a popular Kris Kringle at the Union Square Macy's for the past 20 years, was told over the weekend that his services would no longer be needed because...