The view from Germany

Ho ho ho: Games on Christmas

December 23, 2011
By Uli Hesse
It's got nothing to do with football, or maybe in this particular case I should say "soccer", but did you know they once booed Santa Claus at a sporting ground? Those of you who come from the United States won't be surprised to hear that it happened in Philadelphia.

During an NFL game between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings on December 15, 1968, a man dressed as Santa tossed sweets into the stands. But the season wasn't going well for the Eagles, and the game wasn't going according ...

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