What? Say it isn't so, Santa can't deliver presents?
The U.S. Postal Service has ordered a postman to stop wearing a Santa suit this season during his usual delivery route. Bah Humbug!
The Daily Mail says, Bob McLean has been dressing up in the red and white outfit, complete with a real white beard, for years during his mail route through Bellevue, Washington. "The government is shutting me down because it's a non-postal regulation uniform," McLean told the Bellevue Reporter.
"This was the first time; I don't know what happened. I don't step on anyone's toes. Being Santa isn't religious to me; it's secular. It's about giving," he reasoned.
But leave it to one of his Grinch co-workers to complain.
"He had been doing this for some and there had not been an issue and a couple of weeks ago one of his fellow carriers raised the issue with management," Ernie Swanson, a spokesman for the USPS told Fox News.
"I love seeing Santa," Rachel Young, a manager of Wee Tots who receives deliveries from McLean told King NBC.
"It does bring cheer. It brings something to old Main Street that other places don't have," she said.
But by defying his boss' order not to wear the suit, McLean risks losing his job.
Should he be able to wear the Santa suit?
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The U.S. Postal Service has ordered a postman to stop wearing a Santa suit this season during his usual delivery route. Bah Humbug!
The Daily Mail says, Bob McLean has been dressing up in the red and white outfit, complete with a real white beard, for years during his mail route through Bellevue, Washington. "The government is shutting me down because it's a non-postal regulation uniform," McLean told the Bellevue Reporter.
"This was the first time; I don't know what happened. I don't step on anyone's toes. Being Santa isn't religious to me; it's secular. It's about giving," he reasoned.
But leave it to one of his Grinch co-workers to complain.
"He had been doing this for some and there had not been an issue and a couple of weeks ago one of his fellow carriers raised the issue with management," Ernie Swanson, a spokesman for the USPS told Fox News.
"I love seeing Santa," Rachel Young, a manager of Wee Tots who receives deliveries from McLean told King NBC.
"It does bring cheer. It brings something to old Main Street that other places don't have," she said.
But by defying his boss' order not to wear the suit, McLean risks losing his job.
Should he be able to wear the Santa suit?
Get in on the dish. Send me your tweets: twitter.com/maggiesworld or emails: maggie@39online.com or comment on the Online Dish Facebook fan page.
And that's today's helping of Online Dish.
