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Members of a UK church have been left “devastated” by the theft of two giant nutcrackers value £500. Two males driving a black Audi A3 had been caught on CCTV utilizing bolt cutters to take away the chains holding the festive decorations down at Alive Church in Norwich in late November.

The nutcrackers had been half of a bigger festive show paid for by members of the group, with their respective prices of round £250 gifted by a resident utilizing their inheritance, the Norwich Evening News stories.

Pastor Jo Thorne stated: “We’re gutted, absolutely devastated. It’s an assault on the magic of Christmas. We’re a small community church, we can’t afford to replace them.”

The nutcrackers would have greeted native kids as they entered Santa’s Grotto as a part of the Alive Christmas Experience occasion deliberate for December 21.

“The display took our volunteers two weeks to build,” Ms Thorne stated. “They were bought to be a display piece we would use year-on-year.”

The nameless volunteer who paid for the 2 statues added: “I am saddened by the sheer disregard for decency that these men have shown.

“I wished to be a small a part of including to the Christmas mild they convey to the group.”

Alive Church additionally hosts an annual Christmas Toy Appeal, offering presents for native kids in a bid to ease the monetary burden on dad and mom.

Two Christmas bushes adorned with ornaments crafted by schoolchildren had been vandalised elsewhere within the metropolis on the identical weekend, the NEN reported.

A lifesize nutcracker was additionally stolen by a brazen electrical bike rider in Edinburgh late final month, leaving an area enterprise proprietor practically £1,000 out of pocket.