Santa charged after dropping pants at the mall

Police arrested a Massachusetts man dressed as Santa Claus away from the Mall at Rockingham Park for dropping his pants in front of onlookers.

Fortunately, he was wearing sweatpants under his Santa costume. Otherwise, he would be facing charges of indecent exposure rather than disorderly conduct for allegedly dropping his Santa pants multiple times in the Salem mall.

The pants-dropping was clearly intentional; it was not a costume defect. He told police that he was just joking around, saying something to the effect of he was "just having some fun with the kids.”

The man wasn’t even employed at the mall as Santa, and it was unclear yesterday why he was dressed as Saint Nick or how he ended up in Salem.The man was released on $200 bail after the arrest and will be arraigned in Salem District Court at a later date. Article here.