A German chain of shops has had an unexpected problem with Santa this year.

They have just removed miniature wooden Santa Claus figures from their shelves and destroyed them after customers complained they looked as if they were giving the stiff-armed (and illegal)
Nazi salute.

Josef Lange, a spokesman for the Rossmann chain that has 1,200 outlets, said: “We were astonished by the reaction.” Nevertheless, the figures had to go…

Santa with his pants down

The UK’s post office is in hot water yet again. Not only has it been criticised for omitting any religious content for this year’s Christmas stamp collection, its choice of illustration has also been the subject of some wry comments.

Some people have remarked that it looks as if Santa is taking a toilet break. See what you think....

Send him a letter...

Fortunately, there are some childhood touchstones which cannot be spoiled by modern-day cynicism and the traditional letter from Santa is one of them.

This year there’s a chance to order a personalised letter for your child from Father Christmas himself. The letter will bear your child’s name and lots of information about them which will just go to show how on the ball the big man really is…

Order one for your child now at http://www.santa.co.uk/letterfromsanta.html

A Santa knockout?

This looks to us more like a festive edition of the much-missed Jeux Sans Frontieres but it’s actually the world’s largest Santa competition. Check out the video here.