Santa looked suspiciously like Hagrid from the film 'Harry Potter

Nursery World
13 December 2001

(Photograph) - looked suspiciously like Hagrid from the film 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' when he visited Gordon Brown at 11 Downing Street last week. Actor Robbie Coltrane changed roles for the chancellor's Christmas party for more than 50 children and their families from the Rainbow Trust, a charity providing family-centred care and respite for children with life-threatening or terminal illness. Other celebrity guests included the pop group Hear'Say, the Tweenies' pet dog Doodles, and actress Dawn French. Photo Reuters
 

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