‘I’d sacrifice the Bond car and Dalek to help children in Syria’
Iremember, as a child, writing to Santa to ask him to bring me a Magic Roundabout, complete with a Florence and a Dougal, a James Bond Corgi car and a remote-control Dalek. I must have been a good boy because Santa fulfilled my requests, even though he forgot to put batteries in my Magic Roundabout and my Dalek’s sucker fell off on Boxing Day.
If I were to write a letter to Santa today, I’d probably still ask him for a Dalek and a James Bond car, only full-size this time. I know this would keep his elves very busy indeed, but I would promise him I’ve been more nice than naughty in the past 45 years since our last correspondence.
However, there is one additional request I would make in my Santa letter today, and I’d sacrifice my Aston Martin and maybe even my life-size Dalek if Santa could deliver on this.
According to UNICEF, this winter more than eight million Syrian children are in danger because their displaced families don’t have basic shelter. They have already fled the horror of war in Syria but they are still at
risk of dying from the cold.
Christmas is a time when we bring joy to our children through gifts.
So this Christmas I would write to Santa to ask him to bring the gift of eight million blankets to the children of Syria.
Of course, over the years, I’ve heard some people my age say they no longer believe in Santa. They may be right or they may be wrong.
So, perhaps I need to simply believe in myself.
I can contact UNICEF and make a contribution to send a few blankets as my gift to some of the children in this world who have suffered the most this year.
In fact I’ve just texted my donation. No elves required.”