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January 3, 2007
Burglar Santas
hile traveling in Italy over the Christmas holiday, I noticed a peculiar phenomenon: Burglar Santas were everywhere. What is a Burglar Santa? Here are a few photos taken in Florence, Peinza, San Gimignano and other places:
And not only do you find individual Burglar Santas, sometimes you spot Burglar Santa gangs:
And occasionally, an entire family of Burglar Santas:
The phenomenon of Burglar Santas and how they developed is easily explained: Chimneys in Italy are way too small and covered in bars and other limiting designs for the idea of Santa-coming-down-the-chimney to take hold. So the alternative is...coming in through the window.
Cute, eh?
Posted by witnit at January 3, 2007 4:19 PM
