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Santa punched and elves under fire at Lapland attraction

Dec 2 2008

Staff dressed as elves beside trees covered with fake snow at Lapland New Forest (Picture: Chris Ison/PA)

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FATHER Christmas was punched and his elves were forced to dodge furious customers at a newly-opened Lapland-themed park.

Dorset County Council said it has received more than 50 complaints about the £30-a-ticket Lapland New Forest which one disgruntled visitor described as more like a car boot sale.

It was reported that tensions reached a peak when furious parents allegedly confronted ‘elves’ in a ‘gingerbread house’ and Father Christmas was punched in his grotto.

For the full story from the Dorset Echo, click here.