Tennessee Cops Rescue ‘Tipsy Legend’ Stuck In Christmas Store Chair

A deer crashed through the front door of a Tennessee Christmas shop Friday morning and got itself wedged in an easy chair.

Jonesborough Police Department officers responded to Gabriel’s Christmas & More and escorted the animal back outside after its chaotic visit, as shown in bodycam footage. The department posted about the incident on Facebook, joking that “one of Santa’s Reindeer” was “clearly three sips too deep into the Holiday Spirits and making terrible life choices.” (RELATED: Louisiana Teen Hunter Found Dead In Deer Stand After Being Struck By Lightning, Police Say)

“Once inside, he took a grand tour: sniffed the ornaments, inspected the garland, side-eyed a nutcracker, and galloped around like he was trying to remember where he parked the sleigh,” the post read.

Officers made contact with the deer and jokingly said in the post, “Sir… Although it’s almost Christmas, you can’t act like this in a Main Street Christmas establishment.”

Police then “gently escorted our tipsy legend back outside once he decided to wedge himself in the middle of an easy chair,” the department wrote.

Gabriel’s Christmas & More sits on East Main Street in Jonesborough, a small town in eastern Tennessee, WKRN reported. (RELATED: Anti-Christian Extremists Can’t Stop Brutalizing European Christmas Markets)

Jonesborough is the oldest town in Tennessee. Founded in 1779 as a planned community, it was named for Willie Jones, a North Carolina politician, according to Britannica. The town’s economy is now based largely on tourism.