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03-DEC-2010

8

Santa Returns
An audacious thief stole this Santa from outside the pharmacy
across the road from our office in broad daylight.
After a colleague wrote a piece calling for his return, she got
a call to the office from a mediator who knew who had taken
Mr Claus in protest at how the Government, bankers, etc
had stolen Christmas. A hand over was arranged and
Santa returned to stand in the snow.

Olympus E-P1
1/160s f/7.1 at 42.0mm iso800 hide exif
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Date/Time03-Dec-2010 02:46:05
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ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias-0.30
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Jola Dziubinska10-Dec-2010 01:30
Wonderful snow!
Guest 09-Dec-2010 22:37
I'm so sorry I meant Mairead!
Guest 09-Dec-2010 22:31
Interesting story and photo, I'm glad Santa is back!! A very nice capture of the falling snow Marielou!
Cindi Smith09-Dec-2010 21:25
Interesting story. Glad he was returned. And, he still looks in great shape! Love how the snow is falling. He looks a bit cold as does the passerby!
LynnH09-Dec-2010 12:59
Nothing like ruining everyone's Christmas to prove a point... Sad. BUT, I sure love this photo. Nice dark contrast and good composition.
borisalex09-Dec-2010 09:02
Santa in the middle of protest, he´s a patient though! Great find!
Mieke WA Minkjan09-Dec-2010 07:12
a great story, well captured, santa looks a bit forlorn!
j>a>e>17 :):):)09-Dec-2010 04:18
flying sugared sprites everywHERE GIFT ALLL :):):):)
carol j. phipps09-Dec-2010 02:14
Wow! what a story! Life is difficult and everyone handles it differently.
Janice Dunn09-Dec-2010 02:12
Ha ha - I enjoyed the story - but poor Santa - getting so frozen standing out there.
larose forest photos08-Dec-2010 23:25
Glad to see that Santa was freed and is back to spread some cheer, much needed in tough times.

Nice shot, Mairead. V
pkocinski08-Dec-2010 22:55
Great winter scene and story.
J. Scott Coile08-Dec-2010 22:42
Well captured falling snow in this Christmas scene.
bill friedlander08-Dec-2010 22:02
So glad Santa is back, even if he is getting pelted with snow. All's right with the world, sort of.
Máire Uí Mhaicín08-Dec-2010 21:41
Poor Santa doesn't even escape from the realm of Irish politics!
franz08-Dec-2010 21:32
Les temps sont durs.Le Père Noël fait la manche! bv mairead.
Alan K08-Dec-2010 21:02
So clearly... you're not so much done with the snow up there yet. This is a classic nothern hemisphere Christmas image, which is still the way Christmas is usually portrayed down here as well. (Despite the fact that 40 degree temperatures with 98% humidity and enough UV radiation to cook a frozen chicken is more typical on our Christmas days.) I like the person trudging through the snowfall on the right.
laine08-Dec-2010 21:01
Poor Santa...always out there no matter what the weather does :))
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