Mother pays £85 for ‘Grinch visit’ only for entertainer to WRECK home and pour juice all over SON

‘He DEFINITELY stole our Christmas!’: Mother pays £85 for a ‘Grinch visit’… only for an entertainer to WRECK her home, smash her tree decorations and pour juice all over her young SON

  • Mother-of-two left ‘disgusted’ after £85 Grinch entertainer wrecked her home
  • Laura Magill, of Belfast, claimed ‘entire bottle of juice’ was poured over her son
  • She also claimed washing up liquid was poured ‘over kitchen floor’ in the stunt


A mother-of-two who paid £85 for a Grinch visit is left ‘disgusted’ after the entertainer wrecked her home by pouring washing up liquid all over her kitchen and fruit juice over her son.

Laura Magill, of Belfast, planned a visit from the famous Dr. Seuss character for her two sons, Kreed and Kalin on the lead up to Christmas – but she got more than she bargained for. 

The package included a visit from the Grinch, who messes up beds, has a pillow fight and decorates the Christmas tree with toilet roll, according to Ms Magill.

But in a post that has now gone viral, she claimed the entertainer had a food fight with ‘expensive’ personalised cupcakes she had made and eggs smashed all over her home.

Laura Magill, of Belfast, planned a visit from the famous Dr. Seuss character for her two sons, Kreed and Kalin on the lead up to Christmas but was left ‘disgusted’ after the entertainer wrecked her home (pictured)

Ms Magill (pictured) wrote a post on Facebook, that has since gone viral, saying: 'Fairy liquid [was] poured all over my kitchen floor, eggs smashed, and a full bottle of juice poured over my floor and son!'

Ms Magill (pictured) wrote a post on Facebook, that has since gone viral, saying: ‘Fairy liquid [was] poured all over my kitchen floor, eggs smashed, and a full bottle of juice poured over my floor and son!’

The Grinch, is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss from the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Pictured: Jim Carrey in the 2000 film

The Grinch, is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss from the 1957 children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Pictured: Jim Carrey in the 2000 film

Writing on Facebook, Laura said: ‘So paid £85 for a Grinch visit… advertises the Grinch to come in, mess the kids beds, have a pillow fight, put toilet roll around your Christmas tree, and pictures with the kids at the end (they were told to leave no pictures) VS what I got…

‘Every single bit of party food and expensive cupcakes were thrown all over the place and tree decorations were broke. 

‘Fairy liquid poured all over my kitchen floor, eggs smashed, and a full bottle of juice poured over my floor and son!

‘Kids new onesie is also ruined. Highly highly DO NOT recommend… emailed and complained but no reply. The Grinch definitely came and stole Christmas – never been so disgusted in my life!!!’  

It appears Laura and her sister used the company Santa Stop Here Belfast. A response from the company to the viral post said ‘we hope you see the funny side’, alongside an image of a Grinch behind bars on their Facebook page. 

She claimed the entertainer had a food fight with 'expensive' personalised cupcakes she had made

She claimed the entertainer had a food fight with ‘expensive’ personalised cupcakes she had made 

A spokesperson for Santa Stop Here Belfast told MailOnline: ‘Laura’s sister hired us and was told in advance what was involved prior to the visit.

‘We’ve done 30 visits this year with no complaints. We have been doing this for three years in total.  

‘Our grinch is loving the attention- we’ve had hundreds of booking enquiries today. The grinch also knew them personally – but hasn’t told them who was below the mask yet!’

However, social media users have been in ‘hysterics’ over the incident and said that the entertainer was ‘worth every penny’. 

One user wrote: ‘Paid for the Grinch, got the Grinch. No pleasing some people!’ 

Another added: ‘Did she hire the Grinch or the Cat In The Hat?’

One more wrote: ‘There’s really money to be made out there, I too would like to be paid £85 to pour fairy liquid on someone’s kitchen floor.’