Jolly Old St. Buzz
Published 9:29 pm Thursday, December 24, 2009
Editor’s note: The Buzz called in a favor and asked Kriss Kringle to write today’s column. The Jolly Old Elf agreed, but he sent us his Naughty/Nice list instead.
Wrap masters: A Chicago man returned home from out of town to find that his friends had entered his apartment while he was gone and wrapped all his belongings, down to each beer in his fridge, in Christmas paper.
Nice. St. Nick ranks this as a harmless prank, all in good fun. However, wrapping the guy’s goldfish would have been naughty.
Just say no to mint: A New York school district suspended a 10-year-old girl because she brought peppermint oil to school and gave some to friends. The superintendent justified the suspension, saying the district considered the oil an “over-the-counter drug.”
Naughty. If the school district’s right, then Santa’s been pushing drugs to kids with every candy cane left in a stocking.
On Rudolph’s radar: The FAA says it will seek the maximum $11,000 fine against Richard Heene, the Colorado man behind the balloon boy hoax.
Heene’s definitely naughty. Old Kriss has enough stuff to dodge on Christmas Eve without having to keep a reindeer’s eye open for saucer-shaped balloons.
