Thirty Ways To Confuse Santa Claus
Our thanks to Rob M for these words of "advice."

1. Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad, and a note explaining
that you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.

2. While he's in the house, go find his sleigh and write him a speeding ticket.

 3. Leave him a note, explaining that you've gone away for the holidays.
Ask if he would mind watering your plants.

 4. While he's in the house, replace all his reindeer with exact replicas.
Then wait and see what happens when he tries to get them to fly.

 5. Keep an angry bull in your living room. If you think a bull goes crazy
when he sees a little red cape, wait until he sees that big, red Santa
suit!

6. Build an army of mean-looking snowmen on the roof, holding signs that
say "We hate Christmas," and "Go away Santa."

 7. Leave a note by the telephone, telling Santa that Mrs. Claus called and
wanted to remind him to pick up some milk and a loaf of bread on his way
home.

8. Throw a surprise party for Santa when he comes down the chimney. Refuse
to let him leave until the strippers arrive.

9. While he's in the house, find the sleigh and sit in it. As soon as he
comes back and sees you, tell him that he shouldn't have missed that last
payment and take off.

10. Leave a plate filled with cookies and a glass of milk out, with a note
that says, "For The Tooth Fairy." Leave another plate out with half a stale
cookie and a few drops of skim milk in a dirty glass with a note that says,
"For Santa."

11. Take everything out of your house as if it's just been robbed. When
Santa arrives, show up dressed like a policeman and say, "Well, well. They
always return to the scene of the crime."

12. Leave out a copy of your Christmas list with last-minute changes and
corrections.

13. While he's in the house, cover the top of the chimney with barbed wire.

14. Leave lots of hunting trophies and guns out where Santa's sure to see
them. Go outside, yell, "Ooh! Look! A deer! And he's got a red nose!" and
fire a gun.

15. Leave Santa a note, explaining that you've moved. Include a map with
unclear and hard-to-read directions to your new house.

16. Set a bear trap at the bottom of the chimney. Wait for Santa to get
caught in it, and then explain that you're sorry, but from a distance, he
looked like a bear.

17. Leave out a Santa suit, with a dry-cleaning bill.

18. Paint "hoof-prints" all over your face and clothes. While he's in the
house, go out on the roof. When he comes back up, act like you've been
"trampled." Threaten to sue.

19. Instead of ornaments, decorate your tree with Easter eggs.

20. Cut a big hole in your roof and cover it with a blanket, so that when
Santa tries to land on your roof his sleigh crashes into your living room.
Explain that you've been having problems with termites.

21. Set up your living room to look like a workshop, and have people
dressed up like elves making toys. When Santa comes, sneer and say, "What's
the matter? Afraid of a little competition?"

22. While he's on the roof, yell up to Santa, asking if he'll mind
adjusting your TV antenna. When he does so, tell him, "That's good" and
don't let him move until the "commercial" comes on.

23. Put on a giant tree costume, and wear a sign that says, "Man-eating
Tree-Stay Back." When Santa comes, wave your arms angrily and chase him
back up the chimney.

24. Shovel all the snow off of your roof, and replace it with whipped
cream. Just when Santa is remarking how cute this is, light a bunch of
firecrackers and throw them onto the roof. The explosions should make quite
a mess, and maybe scare the reindeer away, too. If so, offer to loan Santa
your car.

25. Scatter the parts of a disassembled bicycle around your living room.
Get Santa to help you put it together.

 26. Make your own stockings to hang over the fireplace. Have pictures on
them of things like Santa getting hit in the head with a large rock, or
Santa  catching his beard on fire.

27. Put a note that says, "For Santa" on a can that's labelled "Rat
Poison." Cross out the words "Rat Poison" and write "Yummy Cookies."

28. When Santa comes, act like you're wrapping Christmas presents. Have
boxes that say things on them like "Dead Elf" or "Human Skull." If Santa
asks, explain that they're for needy children.

29. Set up bowling pins in front of your fireplace. When Santa comes down
the chimney, throw the ball at him. Angrily tell him to get out of your
lane.

30. Dress up like the Easter Bunny. Wait for Santa to come, and then put up
your fists and say, "This neighborhood ain't big enough for the both of
us."

Merry Christmas!
