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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:22 AM
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total war on Xmas : pope as "santa"




http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/21/italy.pope.santa.reut/index.html

To keep warm against the bitter cold, the Pontiff wore a red velvet cap, trimmed with white fur which, together with his scarlet cape, gave him the look of Father Christmas.

The traditional hat, known as a camauro, was commonly worn by popes in the medieval period to keep their heads warm on cold days and it featured on many paintings at the time, but it has rarely been worn in modern times.

Benedict had already shown a taste for the garb of medieval popes, opting for delicate red slippers for daily wear rather than walking shoes favored by his predecessor John Paul II.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:24 AM
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1. The War on Christmas has gone NUCLEAR!
Ahhhhhh!
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Drum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 11:29 AM
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2. ...sigh...
guess there'll be no condoms in my stocking this year...better buy my own....
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 12:57 PM
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3. He must be harkening back to the days when
if a kid said a preist diddled him, they'd just kill him . . . the kid, not the priest . . .
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 12:59 PM
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4. Slam dunk comedy:
Popes and nuns wearing even funnier clothing. (and clowns who smoke).
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-21-05 01:00 PM
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5. Here comes Santa Pope, here comes Santa Pope...
...right down Santa Pope Lane!:D

Also, is he in the bubbletop popemobile? It doesn't look like it.:shrug:
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