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Thieves dressed as Santa and his elves bust into grocery store and steal $3,000 worth of food (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 104 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

In an Instagram post, the Robins des ruelles said four masked "Santa Clauses" and a "swarm of elves" redistributed the alleged stolen goods after the symbolic “food drive” to community fridges across Montreal and under a Christmas tree in Place Valo

Fuck yeah

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 22 points 4 hours ago

God this story is getting better and better

[–] bklyn@piefed.social 43 points 5 hours ago

Santa Hood and his band of Merry Elves

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was called "Christmas of elves", not swarm.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Depends how they are deployed.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

The elves are drones, run by fiber cables