A lighting installation showing a Father Christmas has been recovered by ELC thanks to the work of a sharp-eyed employee.
The installation was installed in a roundabout near Zurrieq and went missing a few days later.
But an employee of ELC then spotted it hanging from a balcony.
The company called in the police and the item was returned.
Company chairman Peter Calamatta confirmed the incident.
Over the past years a number of Baby Jesus figures were stolen from roadside cribs and one was later handed to a confessor in Gozo.
A figure of Our Lady was also stolen.