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One of Santa’s helpers at Hanes Mall may be making the naughty list after police say she sprayed customers with what they believe to be Mace.

Elsie Brooks took her 3-year-old daughter, Ileighanah, to see Santa on Tuesday night along with her mother, Selma Brooks, and friend Christina MacDonald.

The women say they were confronted by a woman working as Santa’s helper who appeared agitated after they started taking their own pictures, according to a report by WGHP/FOX8, the Winston-Salem Journal’s news-gathering partner.

“One of Santa’s helpers just started yelling at my mom, ‘You need to get behind the line,’ and just really nasty,” Brooks said. “We said ‘Ma’am, it’s Christmas. No reason to talk like that.’”

Brooks said Santa’s helper warned them to stay behind the line and sprayed them with Mace when they took photos of a photo company’s name and attempted to report her to mall security.

“My face was on fire. Just really bad,” said Selma Brooks, 63.

“Did Santa’s elf really just come out after us?” McDonald said.