They could really have done with a sleigh
Police were called after a tank full of Santas caused chaos by getting stuck down a village lane during a pub crawl.
The armoured personnel carrier was filled with more than eight Father Christmases on an annual festive do when it got wedged in the village of Angarrack, Cornwall.
Ian Jepson, 53, shot video of the Santa jam, and said the lane was blocked for about two hours.
The farcical video shows the Santas trying to free the massive truck before police arrived on Thursday night.
At least one Santa sounded drunk when speaking to a local traffic warden.
Ian had arrived in Angarrack to see the Christmas light display when he spotted the tank full of Santas "on the lash".
The fisherman from Newquay, said: “As we parked up I saw this tank rolling up the road with Santa’s on top shouting and singing. “It was hilarious.
“We walked five minutes up the road and I could see the back of the tank, it was stuck behind three or four cars.
“A few of the Santas jumped out the truck and were bumping the cars by hand to try and move them.
“It was comical to see all these Santas – there was about eight on top of the tank and a couple inside.
“They had been on a pub crawl and one of fell out the back of the tank.
“Then they hit one of the cars, just a little bit, the damage was minimal so they were quite lucky.
“The police turned up but they were in good spirits about it too, everyone was.
“It was about 7.45pm when we saw it and the truck was stuck for a couple of hours.”
Devon and Cornwall Police were called at about 19:40 GMT on Thursday after reports that a vehicle had been damaged. No-one was arrested.
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