Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org
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Joined May 2023
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US trade tribunal rejects delay on import ban in Apple-Masimo dispute
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/us-trade-tribunal-rejects-delay-import-ban-apple-masimo-dispute-4003566
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Trump plans to keep using Hitler-inspired phrases to stick it to the media: report https://www.rawstory.com/trump-continues-hitler-language/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news
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Brits have deliberately engineered a pull-popper to thoroughly confuse Americans to think it's edible when they call it the "Christmas Cracker".
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The Cookie Monster is modeled after Santa Claus as a kid.
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Santa and Mrs. Claus have two children. They have no idea about their famous dad. But they do have lots of cookies and cheer.
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Canadians have Christmas Turkeys because they envy the Yanks' Thanksgiving Day.
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People have been saying that Santa is woke.
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The Three Kings gave the Holy Infant gifts of Rold Gold® Pretzels, Frankenstein's Monster, and the space-station Mir.
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Angels (we have heard) are high.
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Santa keeps four lists: 'Naughty', 'Nice', 'Meh', and 'Whatevs'.
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The timing of Christmas was set by the early Church Fathers to co-opt the Roman festival dedicated to the ancient Mob boss known as 'Sal the Vindictive'.
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The Manager had a Christmas tree but no chimney.
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I used to sneak down just before dawn and after my father had finally gone to bed after assembling toys all night, and scatter extra screws and nuts around each one just to see the look of horror on his face as I took my seemingly structurally unsound new bike out sideto ride *real* fast…
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It was a diehard bachelor who came up with the idea of kissing under the mistletoe.
He had a bad, bad attitude about getting hitched but still liked the smooch part, so as a reminder to himself to not get carried away, the mistletoe served as a warning that he thought all women were parasites.
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Santa tried to use mules to pull his sleigh until he got sued for trademark infringement by the 20 Mule Team Borax Co.
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Har Har Har!
Merry Slapmass to you too! 😆
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After the young Jesus was whipped with willow branches for encompassing the deaths of the young nobles who had mocked him, he cursed the willow tree with being less popular than its fantasy film and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" namesakes.
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The rest of the year, Santa does contract work for UPS.
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Mary gave birth to Jesus in the ventilation ducts of an ancient ziggurat that had come under siege by foreign thieves posing as freedom fighters.
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