Former mall goths will feel a certain fondness for the excellent Nightmare Before Christmasprank these cosplayers played on a local mall Santa.

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For those who didn't spend 2006 holed up in a Hot Topic, these cosplayers are dressed as Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trio of mischievous trick-or-treaters tasked with kidnapping Santa.

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But despite the massive sack these cosplayers dragged along with them, rest assured: No mall santas were kidnapped in the making of these photos.

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