In the spirit of the holidays, here is a list of a few funny Christmas-themed trademark registrations and applications currently before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. CHRISTMAS BEERACLE — registered for “clothing, namely, t-shirts, sweatshirts, shorts, pants, jackets, pajamas, underwear; alcoholic beverages, namely, beer”

DR. CHRISTMAS – registered for “Christmas decorating services for residential homes”

LUDACRISMAS – registered for “charitable services, namely, organizing and conducting volunteer community outreach programs and community service project initiatives that provide toys, food, and clothing to underprivileged youth, families, and communities during the holidays”

1-800-CALL-SANTA – registered for “marketing and advertising services; retail store services for the distributorship of consumer products, namely, men's, women's and children's apparel, footwear, headgear, eyewear, toys, books, cds, dvds, household electronic appliances, jewelry, stationery, perfumes, bags, games, tools, umbrellas, and general consumer merchandise”

SHERRY CHRISTMAS – registered for “restaurant and bar services”

UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLAUS — registered for “supplying personnel to act as santa claus; training people to act as santa claus”

THESANTATRACKER — registered for “providing seasonal on-line entertainment for children, namely, non-downloadable computer games, information in the field of entertainment featuring animation rendered by means of a global computer network, and user-interactive activities, in the nature of online interactive children's stories, temporary use of non-downloadable interactive games, an online interactive database of photos and videos in the field of christmas and santa claus, providing a website featuring photographic, audio, video and prose presentations featuring entertainment information in the fields of santa claus and christmas; providing a website featuring entertainment information, namely, scripted updates about santa's trip around the world”

CHRISTMAS COAL — application for “unpopped popcorn and salt sold as a kit”

CHRISTMAS CRACK — application for “peanut brittle”

COWBOY KRINGLE — application for “entertainment in the nature of personal appearances by santa claus, featuring visit opportunities and the taking of pictures with santa claus for the benefit and enjoyment of others”

Happy Holidays!

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