Father Christmas has become more popular than ever in Sydney - because of his habit of nodding off on the job.
Visitors to Santa's grotto have been queueing round the block to have a picture taken with the famous snoozing Santa in the Harrington Park shopping mall.
Pictures of children having a nap with Santa are going round the world.
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