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  • Santa's knee off-limits for New Zealand children

    11/30/2003 5:03:45 AM PST · by martin_fierro · 3 replies · 133+ views
    AFP/Yahoo ^ | Fri Nov 28, 6:23 AM ET
    Santa's knee off-limits for New Zealand children Fri Nov 28, 6:23 AM ET DUNEDIN, New Zealand, (AFP) - A small town in New Zealand has banned children from sitting on Santa's knee because organisers fear liability if anything goes wrong, organisers said. Instead, children in the South Island village of Mosgiel would be asked to sit next to him, on specially decorated "elf chairs", as they discuss their Christmas wish list. Organiser Gail Thompson, secretary of the Mosgiel Business Association, which is organising the event, said the precaution was "ridiculous" but necessary. She feared children coming back in at a...