World of the Bizarre

Santa's grotto uses polygraph to test if kids have been naughty or nice

By T.K. Randall
December 15, 2022

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) How does Father Christmas know that a child is worthy of receiving a gift at his grotto ? He gets them to take a lie detector test - at least, that is, if they happen to be visiting him at Westfield London or Westfield Stratford City shopping centers this festive season.

Nicknamed 'Father Fibmas' due to his unusual approach to gauging worthiness, Paul Bramley, who serves as the expert polygraph examiner on Santa's behalf, asks kids between the ages of 6 and 12 a number of questions to see if he can catch them out.

The questions, which range from "when was the last time you ate a vegetable?" to "have you been keeping your bedroom tidy?", are certainly the sorts of the things children might lie about.Depending on the answer, the device will return a result of "Tinsel Truth", "Ask Again" or "Festive Fib".

Those who tell the truth could be in for an extra present from Santa, while those who lie might be instead ordered to eat more Brussel sprouts this festive season.

Polygraph tests before you see Santa? Yeah that's coming to Westfield Center this year with Mr Fibmass doing lie detector tests... pic.twitter.com/YC59ZpE2t7

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Source: Talker

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