Hanging Santa Out To Dry
A holiday arrival of Santa Claus at a Texas shopping mall went more than a bit awry. The jolly old elf was supposed to rappel to a dramatic entrance. However, his beard got tangled in the gear, bringing him to an ignominious stop 30 feet in the air. And there he dangled on his rope until the local fire department came to rescue him.
Children gathered below watched on in tears as he struggled to free himself, but his efforts only resulted in the ultimate Father Christmas indignity - his red hat coming loose and falling to earth.
Eventually he was thrown a pair of scissors and cut his beard free. But he found he was still unable to resume his descent, and the fire brigade was called.
Poor guy. Poor kids. (There's video at the link.)
By martian, Wednesday, 21 November , 2007 @ 8:37 am
If people would just stick to the original Santa story instead of thinking up all of these new “entrance” schemes that blow up in their faces, there would be a lot more happy children in the world.