A so-called 'Parking Ticket Santa Claus' has been spreading cash as well as Christmas cheer around the English city of Birmingham, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The mystery Santa has placed Christmas cards containing £30 (A$72) on the windscreens of drivers who have received parking tickets, the Daily Telegraph said.
"Don't let this ticket spoil your Christmas," declares a note in each card. "Here's £30 to pay it off. Merry Christmas - Parking Ticket Santa."
Fourteen drivers are believed to have received gifts from the unseen Father Christmas, who has given his profession an image boost after a string of stories about "Bad Santas".
In recent days, men in Santa outfits have been accused of committing armed robbery in Germany, exposing themselves in southern England and going on a drunken rampage in New Zealand.
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