Vladimir Putin has told a child he believes in Father Christmas as “all normal, decent people” do. During a “highly choreographed visit” to a youth conference, the Russian president was asked by the teen whether he believed in Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Father Christmas, reported The Telegraph. “Of course I do,” said Putin. “All normal, decent people believe in Father Frost.”
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Mannequin causes obscenity panic
When cops in Kentucky were called to the scene of a man allegedly exposing himself outside a home they discovered it was just an “elaborate tribute to a beloved Christmas movie”, said Fox News. The item was just a mannequin belonging to a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation movie super-fan. The mannequin was dressed as the Cousin Eddie character and was brandishing nothing more sinister than a hose.
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