Babble Wrap 04.12.08: Santa and Three Elves Attacked at Fake Lapland

Santa and three elves attacked at fake Lapland
Angry parents have beaten up Santa and three of his elves after taking their children to visit a “rip-off” Christmas grotto in England. Visitors who forked out 30 pounds sterling ($69.49) a ticket to enter the grotto were promised a Christmas wonderland where “dreams really do come true”. Instead they saw a nativity scene painted on a billboard in an empty paddock and a broken ice rink. One father was so angry he thumped Father Christmas, while three elves and security guards were also attacked in other incidents.
The Age
Pokie-playing mum put on a bond
A mum who left her three young children in an unlocked car late at night to play poker machines “got distracted by a very small win” and stayed for almost two hours, a court has heard. The children, aged four, two and six months, were removed by DOCS officers after a nurse heard them crying and called police. Daily Telegraph
Newborn baby found in manger
A newborn baby has been found in a church nativity scene after being abandoned by his mother. The Associated Press reports police in Augsburg, Germany, said the priest found the boy in the altar of the Peter and Paul Church in the village of Poettmes. . news.com.au
Surgery by SMS: doctor performs amputation by text message
A British surgeon volunteering in the Democratic Republic of Congo used text message instructions to perform a life-saving arm amputation on a 16-year-old boy who had his arm bitten off by a hippopotamus while fishing.
SMH
IVF, two surrogate mothers and three miscarriages… then couple finally conceive naturally
A couple who spent £40,000 on failed fertility treatment and endured the nightmare of three miscarriages in seven years are cuddling their little Christmas angel today – after she was born naturally.
Daily Mail