A man from Washington went to the extreme of dramatizing his protest against what he called the commercialization of Christmas by nailing Santa Claus to a 15-foot crucifix in front of his house. Art Conrad even took a photo of his crucified Santa to adorn the Christmas cards he sent to friends and relatives with a message, "Santa died for your MasterCard. "Conrad said, "Santa has been perverted from who he started out to be. Now he's the person being used by corporations to get us to buy more stuff. ''

An unidentified robber broke into a house in Forrest City, Arkansas and took off with a bundle of Christmas gifts and other items, but later left a note to the house's owner saying "Sorry, wrong house. "Police says the robber broke into the house of Joyce Williams. The note was left in an apparent moment of guilt by the robber, officers said.

Infant Jesus, along with his parents Mary and Joseph will get fitted with satellite tracking this Christmas in order to prevent thieves from stealing them. The nativity scene housed a life size statue of the infant Jesus. The original statue was stolen three weeks ago prompting the satellite tracking measure. A Jewish lawyer had donated the new statue. Jeffrey Harris told the Miami Herald, "I felt bad. How could someone steal a baby Jesus? Even though I am Jewish, I like the Christmas spirit. " Dina Cellini, who oversees the display, told the AP, "I don't anticipate this will ever happen again, but we may need to rely on technology to save our savior. "

For the second time and in less than two weeks, another anonymous donor gave 31 $100 bills in a Christmas card to the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign at Boyer's IGA in Orwigsburg on Saturday. The organization received 30 $100 as a donation at Pottsville earlier this month in a Frackville kettle.

A Washington man is going all out to show his disdain for Christmas commercialism. In lieu of the traditional snowman or the nativity scene, Art Conrad has put up a Santa Claus nailed to a 4. 5-meter crucifix in front of his house.