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4. I checked the DN article

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 03:27 PM

Dec 2012

It said the guest was "powerfully dissatisfied (kraftfullt missnöjd)" and that the grey "santa (not quite a direct equivalent of 'tomte')" did not jive with his image.

Please, please, PLEASE do not let this jerk be from Texas, pretty please?

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Swedish police alerted after Santa's gray outfit angers foreign guest [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2012 OP

Good grief, what an ignoramus! freshwest Dec 2012 #1

Probably just a drunk. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #6

But I would bet he was. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #14

Oh yes, so would I. Best odds. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #27

was it Bill O'Reilly? n/t Enrique Dec 2012 #2

Let us hope it's not a republican USA tourist. We're already the laughing stock..n/t monmouth3 Dec 2012 #3

I checked the DN article DFW Dec 2012 #4

Our condolences to any state he came from... freshwest Dec 2012 #8

I would bet a paycheck or two that this was a teabagger. 20score Dec 2012 #5

I believe Santa's red coat dates to a Coca Cola ad campaign from the 1930s. Bette Noir Dec 2012 #7

Yes, I was going to say that the upset guest must be iemitsu Dec 2012 #9

Yes but after all this time dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #13

Bingo! blackspade Dec 2012 #22

Thomas Nast had him in Red ashling Dec 2012 #26

The stupid burns brightly. Gemini Cat Dec 2012 #10

Getting so angry at an outfit? WTF? sakabatou Dec 2012 #11

God Jul, y'all! tularetom Dec 2012 #12

People Have Died For A Lot Less In The U.S. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #15

Well, what the? SoapBox Dec 2012 #16

God Jul to all! California Expat Dec 2012 #17

Oh boy. . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #18

Has to be an American. Dash87 Dec 2012 #19

I was thinking the same thing. underthematrix Dec 2012 #20

That was my first thought dflprincess Dec 2012 #25

"They did not say where the foreigner was from." AAO Dec 2012 #21

Fox News n/t pitbullgirl1965 Dec 2012 #24

Wouldn't his suit be grey/black from all the soot in the chimneys? Paulie Dec 2012 #23

Only.... cynzke Dec 2012 #28

Your first pic is actually a grizzly bear wearing a mask TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #29

Its gotta be an American... HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #30