# Merry Christmas you f'ing thieves!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-you-fing-thieves/565107>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 22, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-you-fing-thieves/565107 "2010-12-22T19:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-you-fing-thieves/565107/21 "2010-12-25T14:50:43Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> Blech. I know (on a smaller scale) how it feels to be robbed near xmas since someone ganked 50 bucks from my checking account through paypal and I STILL have no idea how they got my password. If I was big into holidays (I’m not) I’d be really depressed this week. sigh.
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> Thankfully it was immediately flagged as fraudulent and I’m only a couple days away from having Paypal put the money back into my bank account. But robbery the week before Christmas, what a shitcunt thing to do.

I think during the week before Christmas, there is more burglary, robbery, fraud, purse-snatching, bank robbery, and breaking into cars to steal stuff than at any other time of the year. Most galling is the thefts of Christmas gifts being held at a church or a social services agency to give to the poor - it’s so loathesome, and people are good hearted and often make contributions to replace the stuff. But still! What is some druggie going to do with a hundred toiletry kits, or stuffed animals, or candy canes?

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