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To: Druss who wrote (6388)	12/18/1998 8:53:00 AM
From: Mr.Manners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12754

I feel quite immune since I lost my ventriloquist's job: Trash-Talking Santa Yanked From Stores TORONTO (Reuters) - A major Canadian retailer has ordered six-inch singing Santa figurines removed from store shelves after complaints that the song they sing is an obscene version of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.'' The battery-powered Santas warbled a locker-room version of the Christmas tune in a voice similar to that of the late singer Burl Ives, a spokesman for Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. said Thursday. Santa was pulled after a Welland, Ontario, store received a complaint from a concerned customer. ''I had to listen to it three times. I thought it was a skip, but then I heard it,'' said Frank Ehrhardt, assistant manager of hardware and other goods at the Welland store. The lyrics were in part: ''Rudolph the red nose... has a shiny nose that blows.'' The chain has agreed to offer full refunds to customers who return the C$30 Santas, which were made in China. The glitch was likely caused by ''someone at the manufacturing plant having a bad night,'' Ehrhardt said.