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	Man nails Santa to Cross

kkcapricorn

12-22-2007 5:56 PM

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santa, crucified, protest

kkcapricorn says:

Well, he certainly made his statement

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12-22-2007 6:04 PM

Socratoad

12-22-2007 6:24 PM

gingembre

Poor Santa.

Even though I'm not in favor of the commercialization of Christmas I find this guy's statement to be very offensive. What an asshole.

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