A teacher in New York has apologised after telling her whole classroom the truth about Santa Claus.

Leatrice Ann Eng, 58, was forced to call each of the children's parents to give her apologies for explaining that Santa Claus is not real.

Ms Eng was teaching her class of seven and eight-year-olds about the North Pole, when a student said that it is where Santa Claus lived.

The teacher then proceeded to tell her class that Santa does not exist, and that it was their parents who left them presents in their stockings.

Annoyed parents have since dubbed her as a "real-life Scrooge", who teaches at the George W. Miller Elementary School in Nanuet, New York.

Mother-of-three Irene Hoffman said: "It's sad. She was wrong.

"This whole thing is being blown out of proportion. I think we should focus on our children's education and just move on."

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