SNIPPETS

DECEMBER 16,  2009

SPARTA, Wis., Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Police in Wisconsin said a man in a Santa Claus outfit was cited after stumbling out of a vehicle and hugging children playing in a yard.  Investigators quoted witnesses as saying the man stumbled out of a vehicle in Sparta and approached a yard where several children were playing, WKOW-TV, Madison, reported Tuesday.

Watch, the ACLU will claim that Santa's rights as a caregiver were violated, and that he suffered emotional distress, causing him to be alienated from red-nosed reindeers.

DECEMBER 15,  2009

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A restoration team said they discovered two blocks of well-preserved New Zealand butter dating back nearly 100 years in an Antarctic hut.

Wow, that was close.  In another year global warming would have spoiled both blocks.  Al Gore told me.