The Five Most Terrifying Local TV Christmas Commercials

People always lament the decline of those quaint mom-and-pop stores as big chains like Target and Wal-Mart dominate the holidays with impossible-to-beat price margins and robust online sites that spare you the ordeal of interpersonal communication.

But here's something no one considers: What if mom-and-pop are total lunatics? What if the mere act of stepping foot in their store endangers you? What if that small, locally owned store is where the Christmas Spirit goes to die? At least in Costco you're safe. There are witnesses.

Judging by these local TV ads, suchsmallbusinesses (ones that the Grinch himself may call "a bit over the top") do exist. Which calls to mind a platitude that mom always reminds me of around the holidays: Better to get a lump of coal than a lead-painted tea set. (Mom likes her eggnog.

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Olmsted, Mildred Scott (Peace Activists)
The devastation of war on the population, particularly in famine-wracked Bavaria, led her to pursue a life of peace activism. During World War I Olmsted joined the American Friends Service Committee to provide relief to war-torn France and Germany.

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) Arlene and Charlie can find you anywhere you may try to hide.

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