Sweden: Foreigner angered over gray Santa outfit

Europe December 25, 2012

Sweden: Foreigner angered over gray Santa outfit

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Sweden had to intervene after a foreign visitor to a spa and conference center grew angry because a visiting Santa Claus was wearing a gray instead of red costume.

No one was arrested during the incident in Vallsta, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) north of Stockholm, early Tuesday. But police said in a brief statement that the foreign guest grew agitated over the Santa outfit and argued with the center's staff. They did not say where the foreigner was from.

Subjects
- General news,
- Oddities
Locations
- Sweden,
- Stockholm,
- Western Europe,
- Europe

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