New York Santa gets a parking ticket while handing out presents
A Santa in New York has been given an early Christmas present this year — a parking fine.
The Santa, known the rest of the year as Chip Cafiero, was sitting in a horse-drawn carriage handing out presents when the traffic warden gave him the ticket for his car.
The vehicle — which was carrying all Santa’s presents — was double parked to protect his horses from the traffic.
Despite Santa’s, and the children’s, protestations the warden slapped him with a $115 (£77) fine.
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A graduate of Exeter University, Amy joined our news team from Redpin Publishing in 2008 as news writer. She was promoted to deputy news editor in May 2013 and became news editor in April 2015. She left Horse & Hound in March 2016 to take up an editorial position in Dubai.