Photo shows:  Father Christmas, also known as Colin Stiff, with staff at the Pendleton Unit, East Surrey Hospital.

A Senior Nursing Assistant at East Surrey Hospital helped Father Christmas when he recently came to the Hospital as an outpatient.

Father Christmas who is also known as Colin Stiff, a retired policeman from Salfords, told Samantha Barrell at the hospital that he had been burgled.  Among other items, his red velvet trousers from his Santa suit had been stolen.  Nursing Assistant Samantha began a social media campaign to find some replacement trousers and some were donated the following day.  

It appears that Santa got his new trousers from the Elf Service!