By Ralph Zenith
Business Reporter
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE - So, Evil Elmo isn't the only beloved children's character to recently turn against his fans.
A South Portland mall is replacing its Santa for naughty behavior. Parents complained that he was rude and grumpy. He wouldn't let a six-year-old girl sit on his lap, after her mother declined to purchase a $20 photo of their visit. When the little girl asked for an American Girl doll, Kringle replied that she'd just get an American football. After mom posted the incident online, other parents stepped forward with similar complaints.
It sounds like that is one Santa Claus who needs more Christmas spirits to raise his Christmas spirit. Now, he has one more reason for the Winter Blues. To paraphrase The Princess Bride, he is "rejected, fat, unemployed, unloved ... In MAINE!"
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