Last updated: 29/11/07
Beard lands santa in trouble

An abseiling Father Christmas was left stranded 30ft above the ground at a shopping centre in Texas, as his stick- on beard got caught on his rope.

Children watched in tears and eventually the fire brigade had to be called as his attempts to free himself failed.

He had been asked to make his descent down an 80ft advertising hoarding as the shopping centre had no chimneys down which he could make a more traditional entrance.

by Lucy Tant