When the bishop of Dijon was burning Santas, most Frenchmen still went regularly to mass.
And that may lead to even greater abuses of the tax system by would-be Santas making gifts.
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The holiday falls during the Australian summer, where red sweaters and snow are swapped for red board shorts and Santas with sunburns.
Over the years, until his retirement in 1964, Sundbloom went on to paint dozens of large, red-and-white clad Santas guzzling Coca-Cola.
Santa's weight is a longstanding tradition, said Tom Kliner, founder of Santas Across the Globe and the Fraternity of International Real Bearded Santas.
Hollywood used to have a set of numbers -- waist circumference, face shape, beard length -- that Santas were supposed to adhere to, Kliner said.
That could make for a bleak season for the thousands of Salvation Army Santas standing out in the cold and asking for quarters and dimes for the needy.
No sooner had I left the Rex to meet an old friend at the Paris Deli, than I almost tripped over a couple of midget Santas.
For decades, the secret Santas hid their good deeds from their own husbands, but when they finally revealed their secret, the husbands-rather than being upset-offered to help.
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The house first came to prominence in the early '70s, when a man named Bill Clot transformed his home in the Miami suburbs into an impressive Christmas display, a miniature village populated by mechanical Santas, reindeer, angels, penguins, villagers, elves and holiday lights.
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