Even grinches can show some Christmas spirit.
A belligerent passenger pulled a knife on a cabby in Sacramento in a dispute over his destination.
The driver then bailed out of his taxi and ran for his life.
When he returned, he found the passenger had also taken off — but not before leaving the fare.
Plus a tip.
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Meet the new color-coordinated Rudolph — he’s sporting a yellow collar to go with his red nose.
Norwegian reindeer owners are putting the bright collars on their animals to make them more visible to drivers.
Some 500 reindeer a year are killed in car crashes in the northern part of the country.
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And speaking of reindeer . . .
A cowboy on his horse rode to the rescue when a reindeer broke out of a Christmas display in Santa Maria, Calif.
The animal was on the lam for 2½ hours, scampering through busy residential streets and strawberry fields.
He was caught when rancher Bob Acquistapace and his trusty steed joined the chase.
Acquistapace lassoed the critter and tied him to a lamppost.
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Talk about a coldblooded crime.
A bus driver in Champaign-Urbana, Ill., deliberately swerved to run over an innocent snowman.
After a video of the brutal murder went viral on the Internet, the driver resigned.
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X-rated mail is nothing unique. But X-rated mailmen?
A Whitefish Bay, Wis., letter carrier showed up at one of his stops completely naked.
He later explained he wanted to cheer up a woman on his rounds who had seemed to be “stressed out.”
He was busted for lewd behavior.