Yesterday saw almost 500 people take part in a fancy dress fun run across a Dorset beach. This novel fancy dress idea involved a runner in a Christmas Pudding fancy dress costume getting chased by a heard of runners in Santa fancy dress outfits.

The 5km run saw a range of Santa fancy dress costumes and fancy dress beards. The festive costumes included inflatable Santa fancy dress outfits, kid’s Santa fancy dress costumes and even a Santa with a pink fancy dress tutu on! The oldest fancy dress Santa runner was 73 years old – that’s good going! There was even a cheeky runner in a Christmas tree fancy dress costume – tinsel and all!

This fancy dress Santa run was all in aid of a good cause. £1,200 was raised for terminally ill children. This fancy dress affair has really grown in popularity over the past three years, with just over a hundred fancy dress runners taking part in the first year. Who knows how many competitors 2010’s fancy dress Santa run will attract!