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Police forced to intervene in row over Santa outfit

Somebody thought it was the wrong colour.

Dec 26th 2012, 12:06 PM 11,047 Views 12 Comments

Posed pic. It's OK, kids - Santa was NOT arrested during the incident.

WE CAN SURELY all agree that the colour of Santa’s outfit is a very, very important issue – and one that deserves proper consideration.

But perhaps forcing a police intervention is a little extreme. Officers in Sweden had to step in yesterday after a “foreign” visitor to a spa and conference centre grew angry because a visiting Santa Claus was wearing a grey instead of red costume.

No one was arrested during the incident in Vallsta, some 300 kilometers north of Stockholm.

But police said in a brief statement that the foreign guest grew agitated over the Santa outfit and argued with the centre’s staff. They did not say where the foreigner was from.

Pic of the Day: Santa was in a hurry>

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Police forced to intervene in row over Santa outfit