Walmart Canada left red faced over coke snorting Santa jumper

Walmart Canada has pulled from its online store a jumper that shows Father Christmas doing lines of cocaine.

Santa is seen sitting in front of a white substance, captioned with the slogan: "Let it snow".

The product description is as follows: "We all know how snow works. It's white, powdery and the best snow comes straight from South America. That's bad news for jolly old St Nick, who lives far away in the North Pole. That's why Santa really likes to savour the moment when he get his hands on some quality, grade A, Colombian snow.”

A spokesman for Walmart said: "These sweaters, sold by a third-party seller on Walmart.ca, do not represent Walmart's values and have no place on our website. We have removed these products from our marketplace. We apologise for any unintended offence this may have caused."

Other suggestive sweaters, including one showing an upside-down snowman with a carrot nose and two baubles hanging below it, have also been yanked from the Walmart Canada site.

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