Naughty or Nice? ; When We're Sleeping, When We're Awake - Nothing Escapes Santa's Beady Eye. So Isn't It Time Santa Had a Taste of His Own Medicine? By Niamh Walsh

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Ho-ho-ho or no-no-no? That's the question most parents will be asking this week as they take their beloved offspring along to sit on Santa's knee and tell him their Christmas wishes before the big day. But with belts tighter than nooses, you don't want to embark on the annual trek to the North Pole only to find two-hour queues, poorly constructed grottos and a Santa whose prices would put Scrooge to shame. With this in mind the Mail set out with a gang of not-to-be-messed-with kids to check out the good Santa, bad Santa and the downright mediocre. And this is what they found&

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Naughty or Nice? ; When We're Sleeping, When We're Awake - Nothing Escapes Santa's Beady Eye. So Isn't It Time Santa Had a Taste of His Own Medicine? By Niamh Walsh

DUNDRUM TOWN CENTRE

Combination present and photo, EUR 10

VISITORS to Santa at Dundrum should bring their sat nav. They could do with a few signs showing where the grotto is: we walked through what seemed like acres of retail space before spotting a sign at the information desk directing us to the pond beside Hamley's.

But Santa was worth it. His grotto was a grand affair - a double- fronted cabin made fro...

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