DESPITE political pressure from the Liberal Democrats in the Christmas Eve edition of the Press, thank goodness Santa stuck to tradition and brought our presents by sleigh. Even at the North Pole everyone knows that there are no buses around midnight on Christmas Eve.

I also question whether reindeer left unexercised in a stable produce any less methane than those hard at it pulling a sleigh...

Best wishes for 2006.

Hilary McElroy,

Beckfield Lane,

York.

Updated: 09:49 Monday, January 02, 2006