It’s amazing how much stranger crime gets around Christmas time.

Take the story of David Allen rodgers, 42, who was arrest on December 3rd, for driving intoxicated at the wheel of a float during the annual Christmas parade in Anderson S.C. He had sped down the main street in the “Steppin’ Out Dance Studio” float with 19 people aboard, ran a red light, and led police on a three mile chase!

When the float finally stopped the police found an open container of alcohol in his truck. “I made a very bad judgment on my part,” Rodgers said at a court hearing.

Then, in Chicago, there’s the story of the 32 plastic baby Jesus dolls that were stolen from nativity scenes that had been set up in peoples yards. The dolls were kidnapped and lined up along the fence outside a woman’s home. The woman gathered them up and turned them over to her parish priest not knowing what else to do with them. Similar crimes have been reported in in 35 cities from Fayateville, N.C., to Mission Viejo, Calif., according to The Catholic League, which tracks nativity vandalism.

In Houghton, Mich. a rash of seasonal theft has been going on. The list of stolen items includes an inflatable Grinch, two brown plastic reindeer, a baby Jesus statue, and several wreaths.

In Ohio’s Hamilton County, a pair of 18-year-olds were arrested for using screwdrivers to stab an inflatable 12-foot-tall Frosty the Snowman. “Why me?” asked Frosty’s owner, Matt Williquette. “And why Frosty?”

The snowman had survived two previous stabbing attacks.

Two other local teens were arrested in an unrelated incident where they allegedly smashed a car with a large decorative candy cane, causing $1,000 worth of damage.

An Oklahoma woman was arrested after she visited the Delaware County Jail with a Christmas card for her incarcerated boyfriend. Police said the card held marijuana, leading to Dawn Smith’s arrest.

A real-life Grinch in Yonkers, N.Y., made off with $14,000 in staff bonuses and money from the office safe during a Christmas party, police said. Daniel Rios, 38, spent $7,500 in cash but returned about $6,500 in checks, authorities said.

And then there’s the case of the Santa Claus kidnapping.

A motorcycle-riding Santa Claus with a stuffed Rudolph in his sidecar was arrested after allegedly grabbing an 8-year-old girl from outside a South Carolina convenience store. John Michael Barton, 55, was in his Claus outfit filling his bike with gas when the girl’s family stopped by the store.

The girl’s father then saw Barton speeding off with her. After a chase at speeds of up to 80 mph, Barton pulled over his motorcycle and turned over the girl, police said.

Barton was arrested later, hiding inside a bar.