Tough Times At The North Pole

You know things are getting rough for the right jolly old elf who runs things at the North Pole when he has to turn to crime to make ends meet. He's taken to knocking over gas stations.

LISBON (AFP) - Police in northern Portugal are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint dressed as Santa Claus.

The man walked into the 24-hour gas station near Guimares, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Lisbon, on Tuesday night and threatened the only employee on duty with the weapon, police told daily newspaper Jornal de Noticias on Thursday.

There is no word on who was driving the getaway sleigh.