IS SANTA A LOST CLAUS?

Nation's Father Christmas HQ can't cope with demand due to chronic decline in candidates for the red suit

- FIONNUALA BOYLE

HO-HO-NO! Scotland is in danger of running out of Santas.

Christmas wish lists are going unchecked and red suits lie unworn due to the Saint Nick crisis.

Stuart Thompson, who runs the official Santa Training School, said: "The number of candidates has declined greatly." 

CLAUS FOR CONCERN

Training school just can't supply enough Santas to fulfil booking. Number of candidates to become Father Christmas is in steep decline.

SCOTLAND is suffering a chronic shortage of Santas, it has been claimed.

The country's only school for training Father Christmas candidates can't cope with the demand for bookings.