Austria's war on Santa Claus


	Austria's war on Santa Claus

Spiritualmonkey

8-9-2009 10:41 PM

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santa-claus, austria, vienna, coca-cola, war-on-santa, christmas, st.-nicholas

Spiritualmonkey says:

The German text on the no-Santa sign reads "Only the original for me". SHORT STORY RESEARCH

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8-9-2009 10:48 PM

ratilfar

An early salvo in the "War on Xmas" or is it?

8-9-2009 10:59 PM

Spiritualmonkey

Just a war on Transnational, American-based Christmas imagery and associated commercialism.

8-10-2009 9:37 AM

ratilfar

"Join the Fight Today!"

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