{"id":1673,"date":"2021-11-26T23:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/mystery-as-santa-hats-appear-on-college-chapel-statues-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T23:47:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T22:47:06","slug":"mystery-as-santa-hats-appear-on-college-chapel-statues-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/mystery-as-santa-hats-appear-on-college-chapel-statues-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery as Santa hats appear on college chapel statues &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">A photographer says he believes a &quot;rascal student&quot; is responsible for attaching festive hats to carved figures high on a college chapel.<\/b><br \/>Martin Bond said he first saw the Santa hats on St John&#x27;s College, Cambridge, at about 11:00 GMT on Monday. <br \/>&quot;Some people believe they were placed by a drone, but they definitely climbed up there,&quot; he said. <br \/>&quot;I was told by a porter no key had been signed out, so they weren&#x27;t placed inside, it was done from the outside.&quot;<br \/>The Gothic-style chapel at St John&#x27;s College was built in the 1860s and stands 163ft (50m) high.<br \/>The city-based photographer has taken an image of Cambridge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55369229\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">every day<\/a> for more than a decade, collecting them online under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acambridgediary.co.uk\/\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">A Cambridge Diary<\/a>. <br \/>He said at least three hats could be seen on top of statues and gargoyles on the University of Cambridge building.  <br \/>Posting the images on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acambridgediary\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acambridgediary\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Twitter<\/a>, he said: &quot;A rascal student has placed a Santa hat on the heads of figures on St John&#x27;s College Chapel &#8211; so why is it my picture of the day? <br \/>He added: &quot;Ask yourself &#8211; how?&quot;<br \/>A commenter alluded to the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47537261\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Cambridge University &quot;night climbers&quot;<\/a>, or students who defy the dangers to scale the college buildings under cover of darkness.<br \/>It is not the first time an unusual addition has been spotted on the college rooftops.<br \/>In November 2009, climbers scaled an 80ft (24m) external wall of King&#x27;s College Chapel to fix four Santa hats on the pinnacles.<br \/>In June 1958, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-21604591\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">a battered Austin 7<\/a> appeared on the roof of the Senate House overnight.<br \/>St John&#x27;s College has been contacted for comment. <br \/><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Find BBC News: East of England on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bbcnewseast\/\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Facebook<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbceastofengland\/\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Instagram<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"> and <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbclookeast\" class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\">Twitter<\/a><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">. 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