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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:13:00 GMT
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Laughing Santa gets the old heave ho ho ho
Wed Dec 5, 9:15 AM ET
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A Santa in an Australian department store said on
Wednesday he has been fired for saying "ho ho ho" and singing
Christmas songs to children.
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Employment company Westaff, which supplies stores with red-robed,
white-bearded Father Christmases, had earlier asked its Santas to say
"ha ha ha" because the word "ho," which is American slang for whore,
could offend women, media reported.
In the latest incident, the Cairns Post newspaper said 70-year-old
John Oakes was fired on Monday for saying "ho ho ho" and for singing
the Christmas song Jingle Bells.
"They're trying to kill the spirit of Christmas," said Oakes, a
retired entertainer who has been a Santa for three years.
Westaff spokesman Bert Jansz told the paper Oakes had been dismissed
because of his attitude, and not for his ho ho ho-ing.
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