Golden Retriever meets Santa Claus: The fiasco follows promptly!

California - What a hollywood-ready slapstick scene! Golden retriever Broggie did a great job earlier this week when he ran into Santa Claus at a California mall - it was a delightfully bizarre fiasco!

There are two videos of this encounter, which Santa will probably never forget. In the first clip, things get off to a wonderfully strange start.

Broggie is as excited as a little boy when he meets the man with the white beard. He wags his tail like crazy and can hardly contain himself.

Then it happens: the golden retriever grabs one of the cuddly toys that Santa is supposed to be giving away - and gives it to him as a sort of welcome gift.

"Things didn't quite go to plan. He saw Santa and was so excited that he couldn't think straight. All his training (and we did a lot) was for nothing!" writes the four-legged friend's owner self-critically next to video 1.

But what follows in the second video is a real viral sensation!

In the clip, which has already been clicked on 1.1 million times, the dog really turns up the heat. Broggie grabs Santa's hat! He then loses control of his beard - and the whole situation.

In the end, Santa and the dog tug at the hat like crazy. But Broggie doesn't want to give up his "souvenir". After the "fight", Santa lands on his chair with a completely disheveled beard.

The golden retriever voluntarily gives the hat to his owner. She then quickly throws it to the "victim".

"I'm not quite sure what happened. He was in a lot of training classes. His energy level went through the roof when he saw Santa Claus," the Californian tries to apologize in the commentary next to the video.

At least there were a few peaceful photos with Santa Claus in the end. However, in them he looked completely exhausted.