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Snatcher Claus
December 23, 2013 permalink
When a mall Santa Claus saw a girl below average weight, he threatened to report her mom, Theresa Stewart, to social services.
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Shopping centre Santa Claus tells girl he would report her mummy for not feeding her enough
Four-year-old Lily is 3’ 4” tall - three inches higher than average - and weighs 5lbs less than is normal for her age
Apology: Theresa Stewart and her daughter Lily Apology: Theresa Stewart and her daughter LilySWNSShopping centre bosses apologised to a mum after its Santa told her daughter he would “report mummy” for not feeding her enough.
Theresa Stewart, 20, said on a visit to the grotto Lily, four, was quizzed by Santa about her diet and told: “You are small for four.”
Lily is 3’ 4” tall - three inches higher than average - and weighs 5lbs less than is normal for her age.
Theresa, of Tuffley in Gloucestershire, said: “He asked my daughter how old she was and she said she was four.
“He said: ‘You are small for four - what did you eat for breakfast?’
“She said she had a sandwich, because she has problems eating - it’s what she eats. She actually had an egg sandwich.
“Then he said: ‘I’m going to report your mummy’. Obviously this meant social services.”
A spokesman for Gloucester’s Eastgate Shopping Centre said it was a poorly judged “jest”.
She said: “We are aware of the incident involving remarks made by Santa in the grotto.
"Unreserved apologies have been offered to the family in question.”
Santa was not fired.
Source: Mirror (UK)
