Hungerford Arcade loves everything about Christmas so we were particularly delighted when Santa and Mrs Claus paid us a visit to do a spot of shopping!
They were travelling incognito as Gordon and Ellen Mahathey from Union Grove, Alabama. We had great fun helping them select some vintage toys for this year’s grotto.
Gordon is a toy maker and they work tirelessly supporting many charitable causes. You can find them on Facebook: Santa Gordon Mahathey.
He has the most wonderful Southern accent; talking to him conjures up pictures of Antebellum mansions, trees dripping with moss and Rhett Butler!
I just had to check that the beard was real!!
