day ten of the advent calendar picture challenge - it's father christmas aka santa claus aka saint nic.

and here are some more photos from last january when i had my plastic santa in london in the snow:

the bottom right hand photo is me with the santa outside the entrance to Downing Street. the sign says 'passes must be shown'.

i interpreted the sign as 'santas must be shown' and therefore was refused entry to this particular government building

here is a santa in the window of hamley's this morning. it's made out of funny plastic bits which aren't lego (the photos are a bit duff because of the reflection in the window):