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Santa is a Secret Fantasy for 20% of Women
LONDON, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - 1 in 10 Wear Santa Costume in Bedroom Says BeNaughty.com Survey More than one in five women has a secret Santa Claus fantasy, according to flirty dating website BeNaughty.com. Research by BeNaughty.com reveals that women find the chubby, bearded gift-giver very sexy indeed. More than 1,000 women were asked whether they fancied Santa Claus in the poll. "We can't decide whether it's the beard, the red suit or his obvious kind and friendly nature that makes him appealing," said Max Polyakov, head of the UK's top dating site http://www.benaughty.com. "It could of course be that he brings a lot of presents and smiles a lot." Northern women were most attracted to jolly Santa, with almost one in three (32%) from Sheffield and one in three (31%) from Glasgow saying they found him sexy. The BeNaughty.com research also revealed that one in 16 (6%) men had, at one time or another, dressed up as Santa Claus in the bedroom. Men from Cardiff were the most prolific - more than one in 10 (11%) said they had dressed as Saint Nick for their partner. And one in 10 (9%) women had worn a sexy Mrs Claus outfit, with one in six (17%) Liverpudlian women saying they had slipped into the kinky red and white outfit for festive fantasy fun. The survey 12,102 female BeNaughty.com members were surveyed through the BeNaughty website from 1 - 5 December 2008 and were asked "Do you find Santa Claus fanciable or sexy?" 11,009 male and female BeNaughty.com members were also surveyed through the BeNaughty website from 1 - 5 December and were asked "Have you ever dressed in a Santa Claus or Mrs Santa Claus outfit in the bedroom?" (Total survey base: 23,111) Regional figures "Do you find Santa Claus fanciable or sexy?" City/town Women who said yes: % Birmingham 17 Bradford 8 Bristol 11 Cardiff 23 Coventry 24 Edinburgh 19 Glasgow 31 Leeds 21 Leicester 23 Liverpool 29 London 12 Manchester 20 Newcastle 29 Nottingham 27 Sheffield 32 Southampton 18 Sunderland 25 "Have you ever dressed in a Santa Claus or Mrs Santa Claus outfit in the bedroom?" City/town Men who said yes % Women who said yes % Birmingham 10 11 Bradford 4 4 Bristol 5 7 Cardiff 11 8 Coventry 10 12 Edinburgh 3 10 Glasgow 2 6 Leeds 5 10 Leicester 2 9 Liverpool 8 17 London 9 13 Manchester 8 11 Newcastle 4 6 Nottingham 6 8 Sheffield 6 14 Southampton 7 5 Sunderland 2 6 About BeNaughty.com BeNaughty is one of seven dating websites operated by EasyDate Ltd, the UK's largest biggest online dating company. Launched commercially in the UK in 2002, EasyDate has nearly three million registered users. They cater for three strategic markets of traditional dating, flirty dating and mobile dating for the social networking community. For more information, please visit http://www.benaughty.com and http://www.easydate.biz Max Polyakov Max, 30, is an executive director of IDE Group Ltd, the parent company of EasyDate. Max manages EasyDate's operational activities as part of his overall group role. He is a rising star of the international internet software scene and the founder of HitDynamics Ltd, the best in its class WebAnalytics package which is now part of Hitwise Inc, as well as Maxymiser Limited, a best in class content intelligence solution. Max originally trained as a gynaecologist at medical university and graduated from business school in Ukraine. For further information about BeNaughty.com, please contact Redleaf Communications Claire Felstead, +44(0)20-7566-6739, cf@redleafpr.com Sofia Colussi, +44(0)20-7566-6736, sc@redleafpr.com
