Nov 30 2009Be Safe This Holiday Season: Electrical Safety Public Service Announcement
Ever seen a giant Santa on fire? Now you have. This electrical safety warning comes to us all the way from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Remember: despite what your father may have taught you, drinking and Christmas decorating don't mix. "Russ, we checked every bulb, didn't we?" Poor Santa, I can see him now, "HO, HO, HO, MEEERRY CHRISTMAS! HO, HO, HOLY SHIT I'M ON FIRE! ELVES, CODE RED!"
Hit the jump to see the whole progression from beginning to sad, sad end.
Giant Santa on Fire [izismile]
Thanks to Zach, who once set a neighbor's Christmas tree on fire because they wouldn't stop caroling.
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Reader Comments
1. Raul - November 30, 2009 1:53 PM
FIsRTS
2. Geoboy - November 30, 2009 1:54 PM
Second
3. Deetz - November 30, 2009 1:55 PM
Tenth.
4. Raul - November 30, 2009 1:55 PM
I would like to thank dave, our internet guy, and dad for paying the bills ( sniff) and I would also like to thank the GW for his efforts to please us.Thank you all. goodbye
5. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 30, 2009 1:57 PM
burnt right down to his skinny magical frame, that fatass got what he deserves mother Fuker didnt give me that zelda ocarina ten years ago...just sayin
6. Rob - November 30, 2009 1:57 PM
That's it.
Christmas is canceled.
7. Blastphemer - November 30, 2009 1:59 PM
THAT, my friends, is how you handle witches! Let's see him jolly-old-elf magic his way out of this one! Those fucking flying reindeer are next...
On Dasher...
BLAM!!!!!!
On Dancer...
BLAM!!!!!!
On Prancer...
BLAM!!!!!!
On Vixen...
Nah...you're cool, Vixen. You can hang out.
On Comet...
BLAM!!!!!!!
and so on and so forth...reindeer bacon anyone???
8. Mr. Poland - November 30, 2009 2:05 PM
I have to assume that this whole thing took place in like 2 minutes... because any attempts at extinguishing the fire are conspicuously absent...
9. Rob Hope - November 30, 2009 2:15 PM
THERE HAS TO BE A VIDEO!!!
10. TheyBurnSantaEveryYear! - November 30, 2009 2:27 PM
It's traditional! ;-D
11. Cinema Obsessed - November 30, 2009 2:32 PM
And Mrs. Claus thought SHE was having hot flashes...
12. Crazywow - November 30, 2009 2:56 PM
It looks like Santa was doing sit-ups...then he felt the burn.
13. Daniel M - November 30, 2009 3:05 PM
Ha! Awesome, fire is cool =D plus that Fat piece of shit gave me a pink bicycle when i was ten PINK!, sunnofabiatch, it turns out he have stole it from my cousin Sandra. i still have the shoe prints in my back from the beatings the other kids gave me. Why santa Whyy!!
14. Pat - November 30, 2009 3:10 PM
That's a pretty scary looking Santa Claus to begin with...
15. naas - November 30, 2009 3:38 PM
OHMYGOODNESS!!!!!! Look at how cheap tickets were to get in that day, wow
16. Pyro - November 30, 2009 3:46 PM
Probably revenge from some 5 year-old who didn't get his PlayStation 3 or his Wii. ^_^
17. I-Kill-Bambi's - November 30, 2009 3:49 PM
@17 no actualy its like i said before, he didnt give me the ocarina from 13 years ago..
18. LSDiesel - November 30, 2009 4:07 PM
At least he took it like a champ. Kept on smiling through the whole thing. Way to go Santa. You got some balls.
19. rad to the power of me - November 30, 2009 4:33 PM
He gave his life so that we could go shopping....
now I feel like I need to go pray
20. Ocelot - November 30, 2009 4:42 PM
Looks like t all started when he busted a gut... Shoulda gotten that ulcer looked at Santa! Now look at you, NOW LOOK AT YOU!!!
21. livingjetlag - November 30, 2009 5:16 PM
Well, I guess we know why he hides out at the North Pole, now, don't we? He was at risk for spontaneous combustion all these years, and went to Brazil in their summertime, and POOF! Bummer.
Hey, this doesn't mean that christmas is going to be all boring and religious now, does it? That would suck.
22. donna - November 30, 2009 5:26 PM
I love the holiday carols:
"Santa roasting on an open fire..."
23. undoings - November 30, 2009 5:41 PM
I don't want to sit on that Santa's lap.
24. Leonidas Smith - November 30, 2009 5:54 PM
Being in Brazil and all, I'm sure caipirinhas were somehow responsible for this. Which reminds me, it's drink-o'-clock.
25. bozo - November 30, 2009 6:35 PM
here are some videos of the burning santa Claus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg-_PVKPvGQ&feature=related
26. jay - November 30, 2009 8:03 PM
Wow, does anyone know what this has done to the environment. They are killing us in order to promote fire safety... the irony!!!
27. cheap paul smith - November 30, 2009 10:03 PM
http://www.newpaulsmith.com/paul-smith-sweaters-c-526.html
28. Jaded Icon - December 1, 2009 7:21 AM
It's the Brazilian version of the Burning Man.
29. laughingman - December 1, 2009 8:24 AM
ah, an Elfan Safety demonstration
30. Captain Afap - December 1, 2009 10:15 AM
Thirty first bitches!
31. Don - December 1, 2009 10:28 AM
Lol at the above poster; go back to school and learn how to spell
32. ed - December 1, 2009 8:08 PM
watch out tigar woods your next
33. firefighter 17 - December 2, 2009 9:09 AM
cool!!!! i love seeing that stuff lol....well....no tif danger....who cares!!!! i love it lol
34. Electrical Service - December 14, 2009 5:51 AM
That smoke will cause a lot of damage to our ozone layer, we should act now to protect mother Earth.