Police track down Christmas tree thieves by following a trail of needles

Police track down Christmas tree thieves by following a trail of needles

This is precisely how Sherlock Holmes was able to track down Moriarty's league of Christmas tree thieves in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. When Holmes explained his deductive methods to Moriarty, the evil professor replied, "The needle to the last, eh, Holmes?"

Note to nutburgers who e-mail me about Sherlock trivia:

I know that my Sherlock Holmes references are inaccurate. It might possibly be because I make that shit up.

For the record, that actually is a line from the movie Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon, although that movie is not from the Doyle canon, and the reference had nothing to do with Christmas trees.