"Reports of "bad Santas" wreaking havoc have been circulating around the globe, but it has been an especially un-festive season in Germany.

Alarm bells rang when a man in a Santa outfit held up a furniture store in the town of Ludwigshafen at gunpoint on Saturday and forced two cashiers to open the safe. Instead of handing out presents, he filled his sack with cash, locked the women in the safe and escaped."

Isn't this so stereotypical. The Brits and sex and the Germans and money... blink.gif