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Sketchy Santa: He Sees You When You're Sleeping

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Will Zweigart has made it his mission to bring you photos of the creepiest and craziest Santas on his website, Sketchy Santas. Zweigart tells CNN, "On the site, we really like to celebrate the more retro Santa photos and part of the reason why is that the standard of who could be a Santa was really quite lower back then."

Santas

range from the obviously drunk, overly handsy, and the well-meaning Santas who just can't stop the kids from crying. Especially creepy are those retro Santa masks and costumes of yesteryear.And the Santas are not always the sketchiest ones in the photos. Although this is the one that is going to give me nightmares for weeks.

Follow Sketchy Santa on Twitter and Facebook. I'll definitely be ordering Sketchy Santa Christmas cards next year!

While you're on the site, check out the wacky music blog Butter Teamfor gems like "Summer Sanka Mix."

Photo from Sketchysanta.com

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