ELVES shocked commuters on the London Underground by spreading festive cheer – in Spring.
Father Christmas’s happy helpers were spotted travelling across the capital during rush hour, looking for fresh additions to the Christmas “nice list”.
The group of seven elves – from family festive favourite attraction LaplandUK – even brushed off Friday the 13th nerves by settling down and reading a copy of The Sun.
It left tired commuters in disbelief as the curly-toed Christmas characters offered seats to so-called “Human Folk”.
The elf excursion comes ahead of ticket sales for LaplandUK opening later this month.
The festive theme parks, in Ascot, Surrey, and in Manchester, welcomes thousands of families a year for their Christmas experiences.
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Elf Zauber, Head of the Lapland Elf Council, said: “We have travelled all the way from the Elven World of Lapland to see how the Human Folk of London are behaving this year.
“It is our very first adventure on what the Human Folk seem to call ‘the Tube’, and we are ever so amazed by it all.
“The Human Folk move around Elftastically quickly here compared to how they do when they are in Lapland.
“We can barely keep up! But it is a wonderful place for Elves to observe.
“In the middle of the bustle, we watch carefully for the little moments that truly matter. A Human Folk giving up their seat, helping someone find their way, or offering a kind smile to a stranger.
“Those are the magical moments that catch our eye.”
Commuter Christina, 41, from Bicester, Oxon., said: “At first I thought I was still in a dream. You never get a seat on the Tube at that time of the morning, and suddenly there’s an elf offering me one”
Videos of the unusual rush-hour elves went viral online, with baffled commuters sharing clips of the helpers riding escalators and turning ordinary Tube carriages into a Christmas Carol sing-along.
Arlette, 46, said: “I’m actually very superstitious and was a bit nervous travelling in on Friday the 13th, but seeing elves on the Tube and having a sing-along has completely turned my morning around.”
LaplandUK – branded the “Glastonbury of Christmas” – sells out in hours each year, with 750,000 hopeful guests trying to get tickets last year.
Each ticket costs between £60 and £195, and they go on sale from 9am on March 27.
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