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Santa sacked for smacking boy
A Santa Claus is facing the sack from a Dutch shopping centre after he smacked a young boy for pulling his beard.

Peter Hendriks hit the boy on the backside in front of dozens of shoppers in the town of Rijswijk.

Defending his actions, he said: "If I hadn't done that, he would have pulled off my beard and dozens of children would have been traumatised."