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Austria's war on Santa Claus
Spiritualmonkey
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8-9-2009 10:41 PM
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santa-claus
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austria
,
vienna
,
coca-cola
,
war-on-santa
,
christmas
,
st.-nicholas
Spiritualmonkey
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The German text on the no-Santa sign reads "Only the original for me".
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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
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