Bad Santas brawl in front of children in Ukraine

Will Stewart19 December 2018

Two Father Christmases left children in tears as they brawled in the street in Odessa.

Witnesses say the battle began when a little girl posed for a photograph with the older Santa Claus under a Christmas tree.

A second younger Santa — known in Ukraine as Grandfather Frost — then approached, ordering his competitor to “leave at once”, according to local reports. The older Santa, a martial arts enthusiast in his fifties, instead decided to stay and fight.

The girl, her mother and other bystanders looked on in horror as the Santas traded blows and four-letter expletives in earshot of children.

A local source said: “There is good money to be made for Santas posing under the tree with passing children at this time of year.

“This looks like a mafia dispute over territory between the fighting Frosts, and as a result they have destroyed the seasonal magic for the children who saw this.”

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