She simply made the naughty checklist.
A 62-year-old lady didn’t appear to be within the Christmas spirit when she slugged one other spectator having fun with the festivities at an annual household Santa Claus parade in Canada, police mentioned.
The lady reportedly turned irate when the sufferer blocked her view of the procession.
“The feminine bought right into a dispute with a fellow parade-goer who allegedly obstructed her household’s view of the parade,” the St. Thomas Police Service mentioned in a press launch. “The suspect struck the sufferer within the face, knocking them to the bottom.”
The Saturday night incident in St. Thomas — 115 miles northeast of Detroit and 120 miles southwest of Toronto — landed that vacation slugger in handcuffs, in response to police.
The lady, whose identify was not launched, was charged and lower unfastened pending a future court docket date.
The thirty eighth annual parade, which this 12 months had a theme of “Christmas on the Circus,” kicked off at 6 p.m. on Saturday and is sponsored by the Optimist Membership of St. Thomas, the group’s web site mentioned.
The household pleasant occasion carried on after the unlucky scuffle.
The St. Thomas police division didn’t instantly reply to a request for extra data.
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