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Woman Arrested in Christmas Tree Attack

On Christmas Eve, some people deck the halls -- others apparently deck their folks. Police in Connecticut say Francheska Terrero attacked her parents with a Christmas tree early on Dec. 24. At around 12:30 a.m., West Hartford police received a call from a mother who claimed her 19-year-old daughter had hurled a...

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

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

(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,...

Background on xmas

"Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas". It is sometimes pronounced , but it, and variants such as "Xtemass", originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation .

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