It seems the U.S. is not the only thing France hates. :-P
ALES, France, Dec 21 (AFP) - A sweets-giving exercise by a Santa Claus in southern France turned sour when a group of greedy teenagers kicked him to the ground and beat him up for not handing over his sack of sweets, police said Tuesday.
The man, dressed up as Father Christmas to hand out the sweets to children in the centre of the town of Ales on the weekend, was set upon when he refused to give more confectionery to one of the youths.
The teenager and his friends, all aged around 15, kicked and pummeled the man until they were scared off by passers-by.
Officers said Father Christmas suffered multiple bruising and had lodged a criminal complaint.
Story @ Expatica
Posted by Muddy at December 22, 2004 07:47 AM | TrackBackAhhhh....tis the season...
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 22, 2004 08:06 AMWell you have to understand. After all they ARE French, they have double digit unemployment, their country is being overtaken by Muslims, everybody makes fun of them AND they eat snails.
Its not the best time to be French.
Posted by: cwilli at December 22, 2004 08:57 AM(shakes head) wow, cwilli you sure know how to hate a country. :-P
Seems your becoming more like DF, haha..
Posted by: Muddy at December 22, 2004 12:57 PM"Seems your becoming more like DF, haha.."
**mrs. muddy kicks up a trail of dust leaving her husband's side as to not be stuck in the middle of a major ass kicking from cwilli**
Sorry, baby...you're on your own.:-P
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 22, 2004 01:19 PM...and with cwilli being a former marine...I do hope your insurance is paid up.:-P
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 22, 2004 01:33 PMd'you run searches on french events ?
Or is it a bias of all the US media ?
Never heard of the incident. I get to hear lot's of isolated events happening in France, thanks to your blog.
Posted by: DF at December 27, 2004 05:43 AM