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Is Tesco on Father Christmas's naughty list? £2 charity grotto branded 'disappointing' and 'depressing'
A Santa's grotto has been spotted in the corner of a supermarket – made from bed sheets and a shopping trolley.
Shoppers at the Tesco branded the grotto "disappointing" and "depressing" after the picture was posted on Facebook.
Piles of cotton wool littered the entrance of the "wonderland", where the store are charging parents £2 for children to visit Santa, at the store in Leytonstone, east London.
A milk trolley stacked with presents can be seen inside the makeshift shelter, which sits in the store's covered entrance.
Cat Hall-Jones, 25, spotted the shelter on her way to buy a turkey for Christmas dinner.
She said: "At first I thought it was a shelter for the homeless over the festive period.
"Then I realised they were charging – it's so disappointing."
Boyfriend Joe Roberts posted the picture to a London community Facebook page and said: "Tesco, Leytonstone. Two pound? Nah, you're alright Santa."
Commenters on the page blasted the "grim" grotto, and said Christmas had been "destroyed in one picture".
James Grimward said: "That's where Christmas goes to die."
Marty Thornton added: "Feeling all depressed looking at this."
A spokesman for Tesco said the "disappointing" Santa's grotto spotted in one of their stores was not made by the supermarket.
Shoppers at Tesco in Leytonstone, east London, have branded the makeshift shelter "grim" and "depressing".
But a spokesman for the store says the grotto was made by the Waltham Forest Volunteer Police Cadets, who are raising money for charity.
A Tesco spokesperson said: "This grotto has been built by young volunteers from the Police Cadets who are raising money for a number of charities.
"We are always happy to welcome charities and community groups into our stores and we'd like to thank the Police Cadets for all their efforts."
The Cadets are raising money for Diabetes UK, British Heart Foundation, and a charity for individuals with a rare blood disorder.