Hot seat

Dec. 1, 2002
<b>Father Christmas sits in this month&amp;’s festive Hot Seat and reveals a hi-tech secret to planning his Christmas Eve route and puts in a request for new Robust Standard Details for chimney sizes</b><br><b><b>Name</b></b><br> Father Christmas, alias Santa Claus, alias Saint Nicholas<p></p><p><b>Family?</b><br> Just Mrs Christmas, although we have adopted thousands of elves and, of course, nine reindeer</p><p><b>First job ever? </b><br> Archbishop of Myra in Turkey in 245AD as Saint Nick</p><p><b>First job in the industry?</b><br> Marketing executive for Coca-Cola in the 1930s as Santa Claus</p><p><b>Favourite project and why?</b><br> I&amp;’ve always been taken by the industrial developments of places such as Ellesmere Port, Middlesbrough, Chicago and numerous cities in the eastern bloc. The sheer range of chimneys on offer can be a distraction during a busy Christmas Eve</p><p><b><b>Your biggest mistake?</b></b><br> It&amp;’s the same one every year - trying to fly a sleigh after drinking copious quantities of sherry and weighed down by tons of mince pies. There was also that embarrassing incident when I was caught kissing &amp;“mummy&amp;” under the mistletoe</p><p><b><b>Your big prediction?</b></b><br> That the way things are going a few houses will not be getting a visit this year - such as that big White House in Washington, Number 10 Downing Street, …

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