Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone once again, which can only mean one thing -- people who hate Christmas have started popping out of the woodwork to reveal their oversize, Grinch-y heads.

In Ohio a man walked up to a Salvation Army volunteer and told her not only could he not stand bell-ringing, but that he also hates Christmas. Then he knocked her over, stole her kettle full of charitable donations, and drove off with it in his sleigh driven by a lonely dog named Max pickup truck.

Meanwhile, in Austria the Christmas-hating isn't limited to a single person -- there's an entire group against Santa Claus. They think the jolly old man was invented by the Coca-Cola corporation to commercialize Christmas (a notion that is not entirely accurate).

They want Austrians to celebrate with the traditional Austrian Christkind (literally, "Christ child"), and to decorate their homes with shepherds and angels, if they must decorate. No reindeer allowed.

As much as we can appreciate shopping fervor, this is our favorite kind of Christmas madness; after all, there's nothing much more entertaining than slipping something in your eggnog and watching real-life Grinches at work.