“Akron, 1978: A Sheriff’s deputy frisks Santa Claus, John Kaufman, 30, after he was arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a jeweler who objected to his method of soliciting contributions. Kaufman, who was booked on assault charges, was in charge of a group of three Santas from the Cleveland Temple of Hare Krishna who were soliciting contributions in an aggressive manner, according to police reports”. Via.

Happy Christmas.

Chewing Pixels will be sporadically updated over the next ten days, in the meantime have the very best, most peaceful of times this Christmas.

Here is a song from the exceptional Tallest Man on Earth (also known as Kristian Matsson) which balances just the right amount of warmth and bleakness to make my holiday soundtrack this year. It’s called ‘It Will Follow the Rain’.

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