National File
Potentially complicating the Christmas holiday – at least for German children – St. Nicholas was apparently detained by the police during an “unregistered protest” sparked by Germany’s rigid and scientifically loose COVID-19 restrictions.
Fascinatingly, it was originally reported that Santa Claus was arrested for not wearing a face mask.
Internationally accredited fact checkers were soon on the case, however, and they determined that the jolly man from the North Pole was actually detained for attending an “unregistered protest” sparked by COVID-19 restrictions that the man known for generosity, apparently, thought were an infringement on the Christmas spirit.
