'Santa Claus' faces prison time after four-year-old boy 'hit with branch' at Christmas market

'Santa Claus' faces prison time after four-year-old boy 'hit with branch' at Christmas market

A man dressed as Santa Claus is facing time in prison after he allegedly hit a child with a branch at a Christmas market.The 62-year-old was handing out treats to children at a fair in Strausland, northern Germany, when the four-year-old boy and his mother approached.The young boy stuck his tongue out at the man and called him “dumb”, which reportedly caused the man to see red. He picked up a fir branch and hit the boy in both the face and body,…