Massive Inflatable Santa Claus Trying to Get an Early Start Causes Merriest Traffic Jam Ever
Looks like Santa got stuck in traffic trying to do his job this holiday season.
The BBC reported Tuesday that an inflatable Santa Claus got loose and floated onto Cromwell Road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in the U.K.
One of the people caught in this festive holiday traffic was taxi driver and a father-of-three from Peterborough, Muhammad Fareed. He managed to get footage of St. Nick bouncing around other drivers.
“It was massive, bigger than my seven-seater car,” Fareed said, “It was one of the more unusual reasons to be stuck in traffic.”
Fareed said that the runaway Christmas inflatable came loose from a house’s front yard on Cromwell Road.
“I saw it wobble and then come down on to the road – it did raise a smile,” Fareed said.
Giant Santa causes hold ups as he graces Wisbech with his presence
Read more: https://t.co/q1JI4AYDp7 pic.twitter.com/ZACYgcMl07— ITV News Anglia (@itvanglia) November 27, 2018
By the time he got close enough to the Santa Claus, two men were already trying to drag it off the road back to where it belonged.
Even the AA made sure to alert people in the area about the unusual sight that was causing the unusual traffic by saying the road was “partially blocked – and slow traffic due to a large inflatable Santa on B198 Cromwell Road both ways in Wisbech”.
Though the road is now clear, people couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the situation on Twitter.
I just love those #Christmas songs. All together now: Santa Claus is coming to town..... and he's holding up traffic on the B198 in Wisbech. https://t.co/p8nTMd6cjf
— Rob Setchell (@RobSetchell) November 27, 2018
The Santa even provided comedic relief to the current political situation in the U.K.
When Brexit is all consuming on Twitter, this is the best distraction story ever published! ???? https://t.co/0tmPgmcK43
— Joe Nicholls (@Emp_Solicitor) November 27, 2018
Runaway inflatable Santa Claus puts a whole new meaning on Bad Santa.
Ho-ho-holdup in the traffic????
Giant inflatable Santa causes chaos ???? https://t.co/1hcSwjBfkR #HoHoHo #BadSanta— Ozgen Demirkaplan (@ODemirkaplan) November 27, 2018
Seems like Wisbech is now a popular destination after Santa and the Duchess of Cornwall came to visit.
First HRH The Duchess of Cornwall visits #Wisbech, then Santa! https://t.co/sVr0iMULwK
— Jenny (@jennywhojenny) November 27, 2018