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Pillow-fighting Buddy the elf spreads holiday cheer in Boston

BOSTON — The city of Boston is shouting "son of a nutcracker" after Buddy the elf instigated dozens of pillow fights this week.

At first glance, Brendan Edwards looks like an angry elf, running up to strangers and hitting them with a pillow, but this elf is no cottonheaded ninnymuggins.

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Edwards is a firefighter, spreading some holiday joy to people on the street. "We just wanted to spread holiday cheer, really. We wanted to brighten people's day maybe," said Edwards. "There was a police officer doing detail, and he asked me to take a picture."

Edwards shared videos of the pillow fights online, where his post quickly received more than a 100,000 views.

Edwards hopes the videos remind people to pause and have a little fun during the holidays.