# War on Drugs merges into War on Christmas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543 "2007-12-19T01:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/1 "2007-12-19T01:58:55Z")

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> [Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have opened fire on a helicopter carrying a Santa Claus to one of the city’s shanty towns.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7150372.stm)

Somebody’s getting nothing but coal this year.

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**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/2 "2007-12-19T02:17:39Z")

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Feliz Natal, cara.

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/3 "2007-12-19T02:18:34Z")

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Will Bill O’Reilly go down to Brazil and save Christmas? God, I hope so. He’s my hero.

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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/4 "2007-12-19T02:20:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
Somebody’s getting nothing but coal this year.  
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A big lump of coke in their stocking?

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/5 "2007-12-19T14:05:29Z")

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Say hello to my leetle helper!

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**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/6 "2007-12-19T14:41:37Z")

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Amazing coincidence with the December 3 [New Yorker cover.](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/toc/2007/12/03/toc_20071126)

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-drugs-merges-into-war-on-christmas/430543/7 "2007-12-19T14:52:25Z")

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I’m guessing Santa came up a little short on the payment for last years “Magic flying powder” and they were just looking to settle up. Buenas dias fat man.