A Christmas card · 2026

One year to
save Christmas

Father Christmas came home from Christmas 2025 to an empty workshop. The elves had walked out, the reindeer were gone and somebody had taken the sleigh.

You have from Boxing Day to Christmas Day to put it right. The clock runs at one second to the half-day and it does not stop, so the whole year takes twelve minutes.

Make the presents. Every one you make also pays for what you buy.
Keep the sleigh ahead of them. Presents you have nowhere to put are left behind for good.
Find the reindeer. A loaded sleigh still has to get off the ground.

How long is the nice list?

Kind935 millionHalf the world's children make the nice list.Fair1.12 billionThree in five make the list, and standards are higher.Exacting1.31 billionSeven in ten qualify, and nothing sloppy leaves the workshop.

You need 935 million presents made, stored and airborne. A fussier Father Christmas rejects more work, so the workshop runs at 100% as well.

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