Illinois City to Fine Residents with Christmas Lights Still Up
Officials in an Illinois city said residents slow to take down their Christmas lights have only a little more than a week before they face possible fines.
The seasonal decoration ordinance in Aurora, which took effect in 2006, states that outdoor holiday decorations may not be up more than 60 days before or after their celebrated …
Santa: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Math
DefendingSanta.com follows up on the sad story of corruption in the world of professional Santas. Last year a business running a Santa convention took funds supposedly for a non-profit group through the sale of Santa Claus Oath plaques. The business, Jolly Old Elf LLC who operates the convention under the name of Celebrate Santa, allegedly took the funds, ordered the plaques without paying for them and then failed to deliver all the plaques to the people who had ordered them.
DefendingSanta.com says some of the monies meant for the charity have been paid — but the math doesn’t quite add up and, oddly, the charity appears to have brokered a backroom deal to sweep the controversy under the carpet.
The end result is that the Santa convention business gets off scot free while the plaque vendor remains unpaid, several plaque paying customers don’t have what they ordered and the world of professional Santas suffers yet another black eye.
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