[Magdalen] Japanese store has Xmas display with Santa crucified (on not?)

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I have no idea why Mr Michaud put that url in, making it appear to be from
me.

My link was

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santacross.asp



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That post started off by saying"Don't blame the poor Japanese" and then
> offered an American example. The crucified Santa is a legend in Japan, but
> was an actuality in the USA.
>
> On Sunday, May 17, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I obviously missed something here. The article you cited was about a
> > display in Loudon County, VA--nothing about Japan at all. Was there
> another
> > post I didn't get?
> > That's happened several times recently...
> >
> > > On May 17, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > You did notice that this was from 2011, right?
> > >
> > >> On May 17, 2015, at 2:09 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Don't blame the poor Japanese!
> > >>
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/crucified-skeleton-santa-sparks-controversy-in-loudoun/2011/12/06/gIQAMIcxZO_blog.html
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 2:02 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> > >> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> It appears that it may well be a hoax.
> > >>>
> >
>
>
> --
> Allan Carr
>