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Brickbat: Getting into the Holiday Spirit

Charles Oliver | 12.19.2013 6:00 AM

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Officials in Milan, Italy, ordered the operator of a sex toy firm to remove the vibrators she'd used to decorate a Christmas tree in the heart of the city.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    Marital aids aren't in the Christmas spirit. Everyone knows Santa don't need no help satisfying the Mrs.

    Ding dong merrily on high indeed!

    1. PM   12 years ago

      Everyone knows Santa don't need no help satisfying the Mrs.

      True, but then Santa only comes once a year...

  2. Generic Stranger   12 years ago

    Santa Claus is no longer cumming to town.

  3. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

    On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
    a dildo in a fir tree

    1. EDG reppin' LBC   12 years ago

      Fur pie

  4. RishJoMo   12 years ago

    Well now, OK that makes a LOT of sense dude.

    http://www.PrivaWeb.tk

  5. H. ReardEn   12 years ago

    Is this a 'News of the Weird' posting or am I supposed to be outraged by this abuse of governmental power?

    1. some guy   12 years ago

      Can't it be both?

      1. H. ReardEn   12 years ago

        My outrage meter is pegged at 0.

    2. JD the elder   12 years ago

      Eh, I just like it as ammunition against those Europeans who are always telling us how backwards and puritanical Americans are.

  6. Ted S.   12 years ago

    I've posted this several times before, but it's relevant here too, I think:

    For the woman who has everything

    1. Rich   12 years ago

      "Oh, Honey, you *shouldn't* have!"

      1. PM   12 years ago

        "No, you really shouldn't have"

  7. Rich   12 years ago

    the Christmas season 'qualifying as a holiday for children and families, requires sobriety in urban decorations'

    But, out in the countryside, anything goes.

  8. Swiss Servator, Alps avast!   12 years ago

    Must be one of Epi's relatives.

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