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A Grinch who made headlines in 2021 after it wrecked a mother's home and smashed her decorations is available for hire again this Christmas.
The Dr Seuss character turned up at Laura Magill's home having charged £82, and proceeded to pour washing up liquid all over her kitchen and fruit juice on her son.
Those who hire the Grinch can expect them to turn up at their home to deliver some mischievous antics, but Ms Magill reckoned she got more than she had bargained for.
Despite the fallout, Santa Stop Here Belfast revealed that the divisive offering is back again this year.
It advertised: 'Bleeding hearts of the world unite! The Belfast Grinch is BACK!!'
The Grinch who wrecked a mother-of-two's home two years ago is available for hire once again
Laura Magill (pictured), of Belfast, planned a visit from the Dr Seuss character for her two sons on the lead up to Christmas in 2021 but was left 'disgusted' after the entertainer wrecked her home
Despite the negative press, Santa Stop Here Belfast insisted that the story did nothing but good for their business
She posted pictures of her son covered in food and her living room trashed after the visit two years ago.
The images were captioned: 'So paid £85 for a Grinch visit… advertises the Grinch to come in, mess the kids beds, have a pillow fight, put toilet roll around your Christmas tree, and pictures with the kids at the end (they were told to leave no pictures) VS what I got...
'Every single bit of party food and expensive cupcakes were thrown all over the place and tree decorations were broke.
'Fairy liquid poured all over my kitchen floor, eggs smashed, and a full bottle of juice poured over my floor and son!
'Kids new onesie is also ruined. Highly highly DO NOT recommend… emailed and complained but no reply. The Grinch definitely came and stole Christmas - never been so disgusted in my life!!!'
But the business who the Grinch was rented from did not seem to suffer from their bad press.
Santa Stop Here Belfast told MailOnline shortly after: 'Our Grinch is loving the attention - we’ve had hundreds of booking enquiries today. The Grinch also knew them personally - but hasn’t told them who was below the mask yet!
'Laura's sister hired us and was told in advance what was involved prior to the visit.
'We’ve done 30 visits this year with no complaints. We have been doing this for three years in total.'
Public opinion seemingly fell on the side of the Grinch on social media too. Pictured: Jim Carrey's Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
And public opinion seemingly fell on the side of the Grinch on social media too, with many in 'hysterics' saying that the entertainment was 'worth every penny'.
One user wrote: 'Paid for the Grinch, got the Grinch. No pleasing some people!'
Another added: 'Did she hire the Grinch or the Cat In The Hat?'
One more wrote: 'There’s really money to be made out there, I too would like to be paid £85 to pour fairy liquid on someone’s kitchen floor.'
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