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Town in a Santa tizzy as children see double

ENGLAND: A Santa Claus was told to stop entertaining children in a town centre amid fears that they would be “traumatised” by the sight of two Father Christmases in the same high street.

Colin Letchford, chairman of the Friends of Concord Beach charity, had donned the red suit and white beard during the Christmas lights switch-on in Canvey Island, Essex.