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Father with phobia of dancing Santas dreads Christmas
A father in Kent has revealed that he has a crippling phobia of dancing Santa figures.
Garry Hollidge told The Sun that his festive fear was triggered by the “unexpected” movement of a statue of Father Christmas when he was a boy.
As Christmas approaches, his anxiety worsens, detailing that he experiences shortness of breath and breaks out in a cold sweat upon the very sight of a grooving Saint Nicholas.
"It’s bizarre, I know, but the weird little dancing figures freak me out," the former pub landlord said.
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