Santa Forced to Down-Size:
Due to a number of unfortunate circumstances, ranging from stiff competition from low-price toy retailers, via murderous advertising from Hollywood, to most of his Elves leaving for more lucrative 'The Lord of the Rings' gigs, a much slimmed-down Santa Claus has been forced to lay off all his reindeer, expect Rudolph, who however had a nose job, to cut electricity costs. Mr Claus hopes to revitalize his business by hiring a Japanese management consultant: "Ho, ho, ho. Roll-on, roll-off; all-Christmas-presents-on-the-road; just-in-time-toy-assembly; robotic elves; etc. That should fix it. Ho, ho, ho," Mr Claus tells the Swedish World News.
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