Dear Santa,

Have you ever considered taking a year off the job and having a holiday?

It is so stressful and emotional for all the wrong reasons before you are due to visit. City centres chock-a-block with cars driven by stressed out angry Christmas shoppers who cant get their shopping lists completed for your arrival. Shoppers who look miserable and if one tries to break out in seasonal cheer whilst waiting impatiently in a lengthy queues, the repercussions could be rather bah humbug and detrimental to the good festive spirit you encourage.

Oh Santa, why is your visit so costly? You make people become drunk on credit cards, bloated with higher purchase,and after you visit and leave us after the Xmas job is over for another year we are all left suffering with the hangover of being not just indebted to you.

We are also in debt to our bank managers.

What would we ever do without you Santa. Perhaps we would be all richer and even more happier at this time of the winter if you decided to go on holiday or better still go on the long term sick.

The children ( and the adults who act like children during festive season ) would understand. They would also value the spirit of Xmas more and the old hot chestnut that is it’s the thought that counts. The strongest and warmest thought is the saving of money, a wonderful present in itself.

Santa, with your gift of joy and happy faces you create on Xmas Day, you also bring financial misery.