Fred Christmas bounded onto Winter Street in the biting January air, holding a manila envelope of campaign leaflets in his hand. The Ward 21 alder hopeful had spent the morning talking with Dixwell ...

Fred Christmas was on his way to Stop & Shop to pick up a steak to grill in his backyard when he got a call from his landlord. “Fred,” he recalled her saying. “The house is on fire.” For the past ...

Fred Christmas & Maceo "Troy" Streater, both Democrats and neighbors a few houses apart on Dixwell Avenue, each filed papers with the City Clerk's office Monday.

So it's "The Odd Couple" with a Christmas backdrop as Fred Claus (Vaughn) is his brother's polar opposite: Santa gives; Fred, a repo man, takes away. Santa is cheerful; Fred hates the world.