THEY'RE almost as busy as Santa's elves at this time of year.

But a visit from the alpacas from Innerleithen certainly brought a few seasonal smiles for Amazon workers in Dunfermline.

In a bid to keep the shopfloor feeling festive, bosses at the country's biggest online retailer have organised surprise activities and events throughout December.

And last week it was the turn of the Velvet Hall alpacas.

Graham Allison, Amazon’s Dunfermline general manager, told us: "Christmas is a really exciting time of the year at Amazon and there’s no better way to celebrate than by having two months of fun with our team.

"My favourite event has been the visit to our fulfilment centre of the alpacas – that’s not something we see every day here!

"This has been a brilliant year for our team and it’s great to end it with lots of festive cheer.”

Velvet Hall, just outside Innerleithen, is home to around a dozen alpacas.