Looks like Christmas might have to be canceled. Santa Claus made the mistake of setting foot in the Covid police state of Germany. He was arrested at an outdoor Christmas market in Stralsund:

USA Today triumphantly crows that this is misinformation:

Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that police arrested a man dressed as Santa in Germany for refusing to wear a mask. Police said the man was detained at a protest because he failed to provide proper identification. All attendees at the demonstration were asked to provide identification because they were at an unregistered protest.

As they used to bark in the Third Reich, “Ihre Papiere bitte!” But watch the Nazi comparisons in Holland, where they are forbidden.

Maybe Christmas won’t be canceled after all. Santa is reportedly “at large again,” despite his crimes against Germany’s draconian Assembly Act.

On a tip from Wiggins.