Get into the festive spirit with News Shopper's 12 most festive pictures.

1. Santa Claus and his elves were evacuated from Intu Bromley due to an unattended package left in the car park.

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2. A festive ferret was spotted at Blackheath station.

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3. Father Christmas got himself a new crane-deer as he flew over a Gravesend pub.

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4. Greenwich personality, Robert Gray, erected a "colourful and funny" advent calendar outside his home to highlight the plight of refugees. The installation is called "Last time he came by donkey". Earlier this year Mr Gray spoke to News Shopper after he caught somebody having a poo in his front garden.

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5. Reindeer descended on Danson Park in Bexleyheath.

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6. Bromley Court Hotel staff cooked up a Christmas pudding big enough to feed 2,500 people.

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7. Lewisham's Christmas tree was dubbed the "most depressing Christmas tree in the UK" on social media - until charity, For Jimmy, stepped in to help.

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8. Staff and pupils from St Paul's Academy in Greenwich have planned a Christmas Day visit to Ronald McDonald House, Camberwell - which provides respite care for families with children in hospital.

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9. Animal from the Muppets saw spotted riding around Eltham in a makeshift Santa sleigh.

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10. A Bexley lollipop man was almost robbed of his Christmas spirit by a "Scrooge" who complained about his Santa costume.

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11. Donkey Shrek welcomed parents to the nativity play at Willow Bank Primary School, Abbey Wood.

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12. Penguins waddled into Sidcup for a Christmas sparkle event.

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Merry Christmas.