Mean thieves have stolen a family's Christmas lights from their front garden.
The Scrooge-type thieves pinched lights that made up a reindeer with a sleigh and Father Christmas from the home in Bemerton Gardens, Kirby Cross.
Sylvia Jones, who lives there, said the crooks even cut the wire to 350 lights on a Christmas tree as well.
Mean thieves - Sylvia Jones with the tree, now minus its lights
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