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| Britain |
| Flying pies force Santa into hard hat |
| 2006-12-28 |
| A supermarket Santa Claus has been forced by his employers to wear a hard hat after he was pelted with mince pies. Youths threw the pastry missiles from the upper level of a shopping centre as he was handing out treats to customers. Officials at the centre have now issued him with a builder's hard hat, in case of further attacks. Andrew MacKinnon, manager of the Paisley Centre in Renfrewshire, said: "We are a multi-level centre, and have taken this somewhat drastic action to protect Santa from possible injury. The incident does give rise to health and safety concerns, and we take the safety of our staff very seriously." He added that the hard hat had been decorated with reindeer antlers to "Christmas it up a bit". The police were not involved in the incident, and it is understood that the unnamed Santa Claus involved was not injured by the flying pies. Derek Mackay, the local council leader, said the mince pie attack did the city's reputation no favours, adding: "Santa's visits to Renfrewshire have normally been controversy-free. It may not be in the spirit of Christmas, but I am sure it was just a one-off moment of madness." Violence against Santas has also been reported from Tipton, in the Black Country, after a series of attacks on a sleigh that has been collecting money for charity. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 For some yet unknown reason, the quality of mince pies in Britain went down starting during the early Clinton years - instead of tasty and fresh, it got hard as lard. Whether Islamists or not, its the duty of every Brit to find these destroyers of mince and hang 'em high. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-28 01:20 |